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vat

1

[ vat ]

noun

  1. a large container, as a tub or tank, used for storing or holding liquids:

    a wine vat.

  2. Chemistry.
    1. a preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base.
    2. a vessel containing such a preparation.


verb (used with object)

, vat·ted, vat·ting.
  1. to put into or treat in a vat.

VAT

2

Vat.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Vatican.

VAT

1

/ væt /

abbreviation for

  1. value-added tax: a tax levied on the difference between the cost of materials and the selling price of a commodity or service


Vat.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Vatican

vat

3

/ væt /

noun

  1. a large container for holding or storing liquids
  2. chem a preparation of reduced vat dye

verb

  1. tr to place, store, or treat in a vat

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Other Words From

  • un·vatted adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vat1

before 1100; Middle English (south); Old English fæt vessel; cognate with Old Norse fat vessel, German Fass keg

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vat1

Old English fæt; related to Old Frisian fet, Old Saxon, Old Norse fat, Old High German faz

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Example Sentences

Snapdragon’s technology uses a continuous production line, rather than the traditional process of making batches in big vats, so it’s easier to scale up by simply keeping production running for a longer time.

I slipped the skins off peaches, scooped melon with a spoon, and made gargantuan vats of applesauce.

From Eater

And, failing that, even bigger vats of liquid are on the way.

VAT is levied on consumption of goods and services in countries around Europe.

From Quartz

When that garbage is diverted into a vat of energy-producing soup, it becomes a penny earned.

It filled my head, that muttering sound, like thick oily smoke from a fat-rendering vat or an odour of noisome decay.

He kills his own son in cold blood (or in a vat of hot macadamia butter, to be specific).

Burning a girl alive while her father watches or cooking a severed head into a vat of chili?

And, also, there ought to be no other forms of taxation, like a national sales tax or a VAT tax or what have you.

But my faver says it's un-man-ly to be always kissing, and I did n't fink you'd do vat, Coppy.

Acid fumes escaping under the vat lids made the haze and seared the man's throat.

The vat contained an acid powerful enough to destroy anything—except gold.

Oof you hatn't done vat you dit, I bed you somet'ing der modor-car vould haf peen a lot oof junk.

Und der feller vat hat it didn't vant it, or he vouldn't haf let it go.

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