vat

/væt/
noun
  1. A large container, usually made of wood, metal, or plastic, used for holding liquids or for soaking, dyeing, or fermenting things.
    • The winemaker poured the grape juice into a huge wooden vat.
    • We keep rainwater in a plastic vat for watering the garden.
    • Workers stirred the dye in a metal vat to make sure the fabric was evenly colored.
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