Holding tank

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A container for storage toilet waste in a vehicle
  2. 2
    A holding cell

    "After arriving at the Area A police station, I renewed my protests that as a working reporter with visible police credentials, I should not have been arrested. The desk sergeant insisted that I be booked, however, and I was put into the holding tank, a fifteen-by-fifteen dark and filthy cell, with 49 other people."

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tankwater storage tank

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"After arriving at the Area A police station, I renewed my protests that as a working reporter with visible police credentials, I should not have been arrested. The desk sergeant insisted that I be booked, however, and I was put into the holding tank, a fifteen-by-fifteen dark and filthy cell, with 49 other people."

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