as in bowl
a large tub or barrel used especially for holding liquids
a vat of cooking oil
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Recent Examples of vat
Compost bins Compost bins sit on top of the soil, with the organic matter decomposing in a square or round vat.
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
This would earn huge vats of good will within the community.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
In the background, slushie machines started to whirr, and a pungent vat of oil sizzled.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
In his account of the discovery, Pasteur suggested in passing that the bacteria might have floated through the air and settled into the vats.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
This would earn huge vats of good will within the community.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
In the background, slushie machines started to whirr, and a pungent vat of oil sizzled.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
In his account of the discovery, Pasteur suggested in passing that the bacteria might have floated through the air and settled into the vats.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vat
Noun
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With the more common design, the work bowl has a big hole in the bottom in order to fit over the spindle.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
21 Mar. 2025
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Most of these proteins can be swapped into bowls, sandwiches and rolls, with a couple of exceptions.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The rookie hero, opening beer bottles with his eye socket, pulling out his own tooth with pliers, and being stabbed by a fan in Mexico wielding a pen, made news everywhere.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Manufactured objects — plastic bottles, ballpoint pens, concrete buildings, teabags, wind turbines, cell phones, T-shirts, aluminum cans — outweigh the living world and will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to our existence.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Listen to this article GLENDALE, Ariz. — Drew Thorpe joined the Chicago White Sox organization last spring after being acquired as a key part of the trade that sent pitcher Dylan Cease to the San Diego Padres.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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The previous high mark was set by the pitcher’s one-of-a-kind 2023 Bowman Draft Chrome Prospect autographed Superfractor card (PSA 7 card grade, 10 auto grade), which sold for $123,200 through Goldin Auctions last September.—
Larry Holder,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In addition to diapers, the main compartment has enough room to fit a few small items, such as a travel container of wipes, hand sanitizer, and a snack.—
Laura Lu, MS,
Parents,
29 Mar. 2025
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The session summary for the Ark includes the subject’s description of the target as a container with another container inside.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Once the donuts are long gone, reuse the bucket as an Easter centerpiece or during your annual egg hunts.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
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Nets two-way guard Tyson Etienne scored his first career buckets early in the fourth quarter and fellow two-way Tosan Evbuomwan played for the first time in over a month.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.—
Staff report,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Dec. 2022
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Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.—
Bill Weir,
CNN,
12 Dec. 2022
Noun
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The first season of Severance was a kettle on a flame, hitting its boiling point around Episode 7, and then just boiling over for the final three episodes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Potentially, for example, manufacturers could create kettles with an inner lining that would prevent microplastic leakage during boiling.—
Marta Zaraska,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Boil the water and place the herbs in a jar with it.—
Julie Marks Published,
Verywell Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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Trim a bit off the stems and place the artichokes stem-side down in a jar with a bit of water.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Vat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vat. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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