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think tank


think tank

noun

Definition of THINK TANK

: an institute, corporation, or group organized for interdisciplinary research (as in technological and social problems) —called also think factory
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First Known Use of THINK TANK

1959

Rhymes with THINK TANK

claybank, Cruikshank, drop tank, embank, eye bank, Firbank, flag rank, foreshank, gangplank, greenshank, land bank, left-bank, nonbank, outflank, outrank, pickthank, point-blank, redshank, sandbank, sheepshank, snowbank, state bank, West Bank

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