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vat

noun

Definition of vat

as in bowl

a large tub or barrel used especially for holding liquids a vat of cooking oil

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Recent Examples of vat The sculptures were discovered lying face down in an in an empty Roman-Byzantine wine collection vat. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026 Trump’s description of the current regime in Tehran as a bunch of swell guys was brewed in a heavy-duty vat of wishful thinking. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 Upon arriving at the scene, officials determined that methyl methacrylate, a volatile liquid used to make plastic, was leaking out of a 34,000-gallon vat. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026 The character seems not so much drawn from experience as plucked from a vat of pulp cliché. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for vat

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Noun

Six major college football teams have yet to play in a bowl this decade.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
There are also new concepts at the AquaDome Market food hall, including Seoulmate – get the bulgogi bowl with marinated beef – and a new Chief Dog Officer named Skipper.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of bowl

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Trust her to direct you to the right bottle on her concise, personal list, or to pour you a glass of something exciting from a nightly-changing selection.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
An amazing summer essential and handbag must-have, this refreshing body mist smells like sunshine in a bottle.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of bottle

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Five pitchers — Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters, Whit Wyatt, Larry French, and Carl Hubbell — held the AL to three hits.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
With two on and two outs in the first, Benge tapped a ball between the pitcher’s mound and the third-base line.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of pitcher

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Items including coolers, folding chairs, frisbees, balls, metal drink containers and aerosol cans — including spray sunscreen — are prohibited.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Some Palestinians even try to hang food containers on the ceiling of their tents to keep them out of reach.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of container

Noun

Ray Boshara, a senior policy advisor at the Aspen Institute, says that lower-income families will primarily benefit from having that digital donation bucket that can accrue contributions for their kids.

— Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 8 July 2026
Give yourself a few years of spending window and put that into a bucket that isn’t correlated with the markets and draw from that.

— R.J. Cunningham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of bucket

Noun

Along the nearby midway, two young women were selling kettle corn at one of the fair’s three kettle corn booths.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
A lot of hotels don't expect guests to do this (and aren't aware of this behavior) and don't 'deep' clean the kettles.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

Definition of kettle

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