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vat
English
Etymology
From Middle English vat, a dialectal variant of fat (“vat, vessel, cask”), from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *fat? (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Scots fat, vat, vautt (“vat, cask, tub”), West Frisian fet, Dutch vat (“barrel, cask, vessel, vat”), German Fass (“barrel, keg, drum, cask, vat”), Danish fad (“saucer, dish”), Swedish fat (“dish, barrel, cask, vat”), Icelandic fat (“dish, saucer”). See fat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /væt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Noun
vat (plural vats)
- A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
- A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
- (Roman Catholicism) A vessel for holding holy water.
- (dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
Translations
Verb
vat (third-person singular simple present vats, present participle vatting, simple past and past participle vatted)
- (transitive) To put into a vat.
- (transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.114:
- He was thinking of the grape arbor in Kingston, of summer twilight and the murmur of voices darkening into silence as he approached, who meant them, her, no harm; who meant her less than harm, good God; darkening into the pale whisper of her white dress, of the delicate and urgent mammalian whisper of that curious small flesh which he had not begot and in which appeared to be vatted delicately some seething sympathy with the blossoming grape.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.114:
Anagrams
- ATV, TVA, VTA, tav, vta
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fat/
Etymology 1
From Dutch vatten
Verb
vat (present vat, present participle vattende, past participle gevat)
- to take
- to grasp
Etymology 2
From Dutch vat
Noun
vat (plural vate, diminutive vaatjie)
- barrel
Danish
Noun
vat
- cotton wool
Derived terms
- vatpind
- vattet
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vat, from Old Dutch *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fat?.
Noun
vat n (plural vaten, diminutive vatje n or vaatje n)
- barrel, tank
- (biology) vessel
Synonyms
- ton
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch vat. Related to vatten.
Noun
vat m (uncountable)
- grip, both literal and figurative
- geen vat krijgen op ... — not being able to get a grip on ...
Derived terms
- handvat
- vatten
Verb
vat
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of vatten
- imperative of vatten
Volapük
Etymology
From German Wasser, English water, and Dutch water.
Noun
vat (nominative plural vats)
- water
Declension
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steeper
English
Etymology
steep +? -er
Adjective
steeper
- comparative form of steep: more steep
Noun
steeper (plural steepers)
- A vessel, vat, or cistern in which things are steeped.
Anagrams
- Petrees, peerest, resteep
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