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tanker

(tæŋkəʳ)
Word forms: plural tankers
1. countable noun [oft by NOUN]
A tanker is a very large ship used for transporting large quantities of gas or liquid, especially oil.
An oil tanker has run aground.
2. countable noun [oft by NOUN]
A tanker is a large truck, railway vehicle, or aircraft used for transporting large quantities of a substance.
...an accident involving a petrol tanker on the M27, east of Southampton.

tanker in British English

(ˈtæŋkə)
noun
a ship, lorry, or aeroplane designed to carry liquid in bulk, such as oil

tanker in American English

(ˈtæŋkər)
noun
1. 
a ship with large tanks in the hull for carrying a cargo of oil or other liquids
2.  US
a. 
tank car
b. 
a truck, semitrailer, or trailer with a tank for transporting liquids, as gasoline, or dry commodities in bulk
3.  US
an aircraft designed to carry liquids, as chemicals, fuels, etc., for dumping on fires, refueling other aircraft in flight, etc.

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Examples of 'tanker' in a sentence
tanker

There is a large model oil tanker, on show for the first time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There was a lot of concern at the time about oil pollution from tanker accidents.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Twickenham is like a giant oil tanker.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There are tankers that carry fuel for the planes and supply vessels that keep the men fed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Most of the ships are tankers so the oil residues can catch fire too.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In the narrow strait just one oil tanker sunk would halt shipping for months.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The driver of a tanker carrying chemicals managed to avoid the accident.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He recommends attacking the building with hijacked oil tankers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Great ships and tankers steam by.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We rush outside to find a petrol tanker ablaze on a flyover 200 yards away.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We're also seeing new shipping terminals being built to bring in liquefied natural gas by tanker.
The Sun (2007)
It would be enough to fill up a fleet of 1,400 petrol tankers.
The Sun (2006)
Car v petrol tanker: petrol tanker wins.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The company said that the tanker was carrying about 275,000 metric tonnes of crude.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The oil will be shipped out via tankers across the Atlantic.
The Sun (2012)
Like massive oil tankers, changing direction is not easy for these lumbering firms.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His red fuel tanker can carry up to 4,400 gallons of paraffin.
The Sun (2012)
It's utterly weird seeing oil tankers and container ships thousands of miles inland.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The company has also built infrastructure capable of transporting 500 tankers of petrol a day to garages nationwide.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was the sole supplier of tanker aircraft to the US military.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A captain of a large gas tanker can earn more than 100,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Worth 105m, it makes specialist valves for bulk liquid tankers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Luckily, the incident was successfully handled, and there were no more tanker accidents during his tour of duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
People stop on the roadside to gaze at the 80 enormous oil tankers, gas carriers and container vessels that line the coast.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Word lists with
tanker

types of aircraft, types of aircraft

In other languages
tanker

British English: tanker /ˈtæŋkə/ NOUN
A tanker is a ship or lorry used for transporting large quantities of gas or liquid, especially oil.
...an oil tanker.
  • American English: tanker
  • Arabic: نَاقِلَةُ بِتْرُول
  • Brazilian Portuguese: navio-tanque
  • Chinese: 油轮
  • Croatian: tanker
  • Czech: tanker
  • Danish: tankskib
  • Dutch: tanker
  • European Spanish: buque cisterna
  • Finnish: säiliölaiva
  • French: citerne
  • German: Tanker
  • Greek: δεξαμενόπλοιο
  • Italian: nave cisterna
  • Japanese: タンカー
  • Korean: 탱커
  • Norwegian: tankbåt
  • Polish: tankowiec
  • European Portuguese: navio-tanque
  • Romanian: petrolier
  • Russian: танкер
  • Latin American Spanish: buque cisterna
  • Swedish: tankbil
  • Thai: เรือหรือรถที่บรรทุกน้ำมันหรือของเหลวอื่นๆ
  • Turkish: tanker
  • Ukrainian: танкер
  • Vietnamese: tàu chở dầu

All related terms of 'tanker'

oil tanker
An oil tanker is a ship that is used for transporting oil.
aerial tanker
an aircraft used to transport fuel or water
petrol tanker
a specially equipped ship or truck for transporting petrol and other fuels
tanker driver
The driver of a vehicle is the person who is driving it.
oil tanker pier
An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload .

Chinese translation of 'tanker'

tanker

(ˈtæŋkəʳ)

n (c)

  1. (= ship) 油轮(輪) (yóulún) (艘, sōu)
  2. (= truck) 油罐车(車) (yóuguànchē) (辆(輛), liàng)
  3. (Rail) 运(運)油火车(車) (yùnyóu huǒchē) (列, liè)
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