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a large tub or barrel used especially for holding liquids
a vat of cooking oil
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Recent Examples of vats
These chips melt in extreme heat, glitch in high radiation, and corrode in harsh chemical vats.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
To fill the cracks in all the sculptures, the artist had melted vats of beeswax.
—Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Also in the 1990s, physicists in Russia and Italy had put highly radioactive sources right next to huge vats of gallium, a metallic liquid that’s especially sensitive to neutrinos, to test whether the vats were working as neutrino detectors.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Signs educate guests on the process of how the agave is fermented with yeast in large tanks and wooden vats.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Behind every bottle of bourbon are vats of waste materials.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
For example, the Sloomoo Slime Gallery exhibit features waist-high glossy sculptures which double as vats of slime.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
In the ’60s, in an effort to imitate French practices, California winemakers started to age their wines in oak barrels, abandoning the hulking redwood and chestnut vats that had long been the standard.
—Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
In the fluorescent glare of a rundown Indonesian wig factory, vats of human hair simmer in huge cauldrons, stirred by hunched laborers as rows of mannequin heads watch blankly from the dark.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
To fill the cracks in all the sculptures, the artist had melted vats of beeswax.
—Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Also in the 1990s, physicists in Russia and Italy had put highly radioactive sources right next to huge vats of gallium, a metallic liquid that’s especially sensitive to neutrinos, to test whether the vats were working as neutrino detectors.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
Signs educate guests on the process of how the agave is fermented with yeast in large tanks and wooden vats.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Behind every bottle of bourbon are vats of waste materials.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
For example, the Sloomoo Slime Gallery exhibit features waist-high glossy sculptures which double as vats of slime.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
In the ’60s, in an effort to imitate French practices, California winemakers started to age their wines in oak barrels, abandoning the hulking redwood and chestnut vats that had long been the standard.
—Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
In the fluorescent glare of a rundown Indonesian wig factory, vats of human hair simmer in huge cauldrons, stirred by hunched laborers as rows of mannequin heads watch blankly from the dark.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vats
Noun
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It’s understood that there’s nothing more difficult than being a successful editor, therapist, or author, even with a stash of pill bottles in a wicker basket beside an opulent floral arrangement.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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For taller products, like full-size shampoo bottles or styling tools, Kinsella suggests a tiered sliding organizer with an open top to accommodate height.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Each board comes with spread containers, bowls and a cheese knife.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Divide romaine, pork, cornbread croutons, and pickled onions among 4 bowls.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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Tampa Bay is 0-4 in the four starts made by pitchers filling in for the rotation.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Three pitchers — Ernest Marchbank, Benny Breese and Steel Kurtz — combined to hold Corona to one run.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Choose Planters With Drainage—and Size Up When choosing containers for your city garden, experts emphasize one key design feature as the most important.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
20 Apr. 2026
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Matching containers for a cohesive look Decanting products into matching containers removes visual noise from packaging.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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Photos shared in the release show two people in hazmat suits investigating a black van, as well as buckets filled with a purple liquid.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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This report can essentially be broken up into buckets.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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High-quality craftsmanship—like the common space’s dark-wood pillars, reclaimed from Rajasthan’s crumbling havelis—is paired with standout accessories within each suite (think Häfele kettles and organic toiletries smelling of neroli and ylang-ylang).—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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From bare-stone exteriors and brick floors to open shelves lined with teapots and kettles and striped walls framing a fireplace, the book is a study in humble interiors.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
4 Apr. 2026
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