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
Lastra and his team were sourcing mezcal from small-scale producers who favoured ‘artisanal’ production techniques, such as roasting agave in earthen pits and fermenting it in open-air vats.
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Paul Caputo, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
All around him, pumps churn in blue vats, rubber boots squeak against concrete floors, and the sweet smell of intertidal algae fills the air.
—Jules Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
But the North Pole is simply too fickle to build a stable 1 billion ton vat of ice hooked up with high tech monitors.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
The teaser ended with a shot of Lucy rising up out of a vat of hot, pink primordial goo.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
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Paul Caputo, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
All around him, pumps churn in blue vats, rubber boots squeak against concrete floors, and the sweet smell of intertidal algae fills the air.
—Jules Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
But the North Pole is simply too fickle to build a stable 1 billion ton vat of ice hooked up with high tech monitors.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
The teaser ended with a shot of Lucy rising up out of a vat of hot, pink primordial goo.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vat
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Step 3 In a small bowl, stir together half of the Sichuan pepper oil, 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil, the oyster sauce, sesame oil, and remaining soy sauce and sugar and set aside.Lois Goh, Saveur, 13 Nov. 2024
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Pho, a broth soup with rice noodles and meat, feels like a hug in a bowl, and is comfort food in any type of weather (even the humid summers).Catherine Garcia, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
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Tropicana has responded to the backlash following its bottle redesign.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Even the bar shelves are special, using a bespoke carousel system to transport bottles from the ground-floor bar to the mezzanine and vice versa at the touch of a button.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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The Dodgers announced their signing of Ohtani on Dec. 11, while the San Francisco Giants didn't pick up Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Blake Snell until March 19, less than two weeks before Opening Day.David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Lopez wasn't alone among pitchers who made the transition from a bullpen to a starting rotation after signing as a free agent last winter.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Cuter than a boxful of kittens, the electric minivan delivers a brace of thoughtful design features in addition to more smiles per kilowatt hour than a shipping container full of handshake buzzers.Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
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His job on this day involves hauling containers from the congested TraPac terminal in the Port of Los Angeles to a storage yard near the port.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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One balanced chunks of concrete in its metal bucket, and a reporter remarked that encampment residents had surely not been the ones to pour that cement.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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In her bucket of fries is a scroll telling her that a hidden immunity idol is sewn into the corner of the tarp in the middle of the camp.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.Staff report, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
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Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.Bill Weir, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
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Microsoft emails have been in the news recently as they were being hacked by a man accused of a hack-and-trade fraud, but this is an entirely different kettle of malicious phish.Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Electric kettles are a great small appliance that provide an easy way to heat water without having to use your stove.Casey DelBasso, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Put the lid on the jar, and store it in the fridge until ready to eat.Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
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The porcelain jars were part of a German family collection for more than a century before going under the hammer today.George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Vat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vat. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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