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Vat vs Vatable - What's the difference?

vat | vatable |

As a noun vat

is a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.

As a verb vat

is to blend (wines or spirits) in a vat.

As an adjective vatable is

on which VAT must be paid.

vat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
  • A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
  • (Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.
  • (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. (The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.)

    • Verb

    (vatt)
  • To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat.

    • Anagrams

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    vatable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • On which VAT must be paid.
    • You will be invoiced for everything — first for the non-vatable items and later for the vatable items.