freshwater tank

collocation in English

meaningsoffreshwaterandtank

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freshwater
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfreʃˌwɔː.tər/us
/ˈfreʃˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/
living in or containing water that is ...
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tank
noun[C]
uk
/tæŋk/us
/tæŋk/
a container that holds liquid ...
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(Definition offreshwaterandtankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The course culminates in a free ascent in the facility's 22 m verticalfreshwatertank, with only one attempt permitted.
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Broodfish are selected from the salmon in the seasites and transferred to freshwater tanks for maturation and spawning.
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The latter allow the pusher's fuel and freshwater tanks to be topped up from the much larger storage tanks of the barge.
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First, the salmon are hatched from eggs and raised on land in freshwater tanks.
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In addition, the ship's engines were given a complete overhaul, and eight freshwater tanks and the ship's portside lights were repaired.
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Initially, the ship was dangerously down by the bow, but emptying the freshwater tanks soon raised the bow to within 4in cm of normal.
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An alternative method to hatching in freshwater tanks is to use spawning channels.
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Fry are generally reared in large freshwater tanks for 12 to 20 months.
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The commercial motivation for using this dolphin species is high because it can live in freshwater tanks and the high cost of marine aquarium systems is avoided.
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The latter allow the pusher's fuel and freshwater tanks to be topped up from the much larger storage tanks of the barge.
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Fry are generally reared in large freshwater tanks for 12 to 20 months.
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