Tanker definitions

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A ship, plane, or truck constructed to transport liquids, such as oil, in bulk.
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A member of a military tank crew.
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A ship with large tanks in the hull for carrying a cargo of oil or other liquids.
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An aircraft designed to carry liquids, as chemicals, fuels, etc., for dumping on fires, refueling other aircraft in flight, etc.
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A truck, semitrailer, or trailer with a tank for transporting liquids, as gasoline, or dry commodities in bulk.
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A vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
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A tank truck (US) or fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker (UK)
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(military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
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(surfing slang) A longboard.

I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.

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Sentence Examples

  • Everyone can remember seeing photographs of oil covered birds following an oil tanker spillage.

  • Go to Tanker 1, and get to the top of the wall after the spring pads.

  • laden tanker passing through the Dover Straits.

  • filling station, meaning an old tanker parked at the side of the road.

  • blockaded tanker depots.

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