n.
- The act or process of putting or storing in a tank.
- The amount that a tank can hold.
- A fee for tank storage.
- Animal residues that remain after rendering fat in a slaughterhouse, used for fertilizer or feed.
Dictionary:
tank·age (tăng'kĭj)
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| Food and Nutrition: tankage |
Residue from slaughterhouse excluding all the useful tissues; fertilizer or animal feed.
| Veterinary Dictionary: tankage |
Made from heat-digested animal abattoir residues without gut contents, hide, horn, hoof. Concentrated and dried and possessing a high biological value protein content of 60%. See also meat meal.
| Gardener's Dictionary: tankage |
Slaughterhouse wastes used for fertilizers.
| WordNet: tankage |
The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks
Meaning #2:
the charge for storing something in tanks
Meaning #3:
the act of storing in tanks
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