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vat
1[ vat ]
noun
- a large container, as a tub or tank, used for storing or holding liquids:
a wine vat.
- Chemistry.
- a preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base.
- a vessel containing such a preparation.
verb (used with object)
- to put into or treat in a vat.
VAT
2noun
Vat.
3abbreviation for
- Vatican.
Vat.
1abbreviation for
- Vatican
vat
2/ æ /
noun
- a large container for holding or storing liquids
- chem a preparation of reduced vat dye
verb
- tr to place, store, or treat in a vat
VAT
3/ æ /
abbreviation for
- value-added tax: a tax levied on the difference between the cost of materials and the selling price of a commodity or service
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·t adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of vat1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vat1
Example Sentences
Lab-grown food involves growing food ingredients, such as protein, fat and carbohydrates in test tubes and vats and then processing them to make them look and taste like normal food.
Dog food made from meat that was grown in factory vats went on sale in the UK for the first time last month.
It was a day that showed again why you can't see them progressing to the status of contenders even if you buried your face in a vat of happy juice.
Many applications of the technology involve creating entirely new organisms which are contained inside large vats in the production process.
Once that happens, that same internal brain activity could be recreated through high-powered computers, while a new brain is grown in a vat via stem cells or some combination of the two.
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