English
vat
see also: VAT
Etymology

From Middle English vat, a dialectal variant of fat ("vat, vessel, cask"), from Old English fæt, from Proto-West Germanic *fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-.

Cognate with Scots fat, vat, vautt ("vat, cask, tub"), Western Frisian fet, Dutch vat, German Fass, Danish fad, Swedish fat, Icelandic fat. See fat.

Pronunciation Noun

vat (plural vats)

  1. A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
    a vat of liquid
    a vat of acid
    a vat of wine
    a vat of olives
    a vat of fat
    a vat of glue
  2. A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
  3. (Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.
  4. (dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
Translations Verb

vat (vats, present participle vatting; simple past and past participle vatted)

  1. (transitive) To put into a vat.
  2. (transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
Adjective

vat (not comparable)

  1. Designating a vat dye.
    vat red
    vat jade green
VAT
Pronunciation
  • (initialism) enPR: vē"-ā-tē', IPA: /ˌviːeɪˈtiː/
  • (acronym) enPR: văt, IPA: /væt/
Noun

vat (uncountable)

  1. (taxation) Initialism of value added tax
  2. Initialism of vigilance awareness training
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