1. vat - Noun
2. vat - Verb
A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
A vessel for holding holy water.
To put or transfer into a vat.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine afterwards the constant weight of it brings forth bitterness, the taste and strain from the lees of the vat. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement. Edward Heath
Burned and squashed to death in a silver vat of soup. There must be worst ways to go. But not many. Jonathan Stroud
Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting? W. C. Fields
You cannot draw white cloth from a dying vat. Chinese Proverb
Let every vat stand upon its own bottom. (William Bullein) English Proverb