vat

vat is a 3-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
2. noun. A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
3. noun. A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
4. noun. A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
5. noun. A vessel for holding holy water.
6. transitive verb. To put or transfer into a vat.
7. noun. a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

   Synonyms: tub

8. noun. a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production

Synonyms

tub

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in vat:

tav

Common word forms

vats, vates, vatful, vatted, vatter, vatting

Words from these letters

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