vat
/væt/
noun
- 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.