Tanker

Quick meaning: Tanker is a noun meaning (nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.

Meaning

(nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.

More Meanings

1. (aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
2. (rail transport) A tank car (tank wagon).
3. (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
4. An airman who serves on the crew of an aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
5. (surfing slang) A longboard.
6. (automotive, US, UK) A motor truck (lorry) with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles): a fuel tanker (lorry), petrol tanker, road tanker.
7. (aviation, usually military) An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel.

Example Sentences

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

The channel at Chan-chiang is being dredged to a depth of 50 feet enabling tankers of 70,000 tons to call.

Nor is the government facing a strike by tanker drivers, as was the case in early 1979 during the winter of discontent.

Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.

Word Forms

• tankers
• tankering
• tankered

Synonyms for tanker

Depending on context, synonyms include tankist, zipperhead, oiler.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oiler, mothership, ship, vessel, boat, dwt.

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