Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A ship, plane, or truck constructed to transport liquids, such as oil, in bulk.
- noun A member of a military tank crew.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
tank-vessel .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vessel used totransport large quantities ofliquid . - noun A
tank truck (US) orfuel tanker,petrol tanker,road tanker (UK ) - noun military Member of a
tank crew, or of anarmoured unit. - noun surfing slang A
longboard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
- noun a soldier who drives a tank
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Examples
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I wonder if there's ever been a real moment in the history of the world in which the only way you could avoid getting killed by a tumbling, flaming oil tanker is by driving under it?
Archive 2009-03-22 Tyler 2009
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Crude-oil futures also gained support from a disruption in tanker traffic in the Houston Ship Channel and a port strike in France that delayed deliveries to refineries.
Oil Hits 5-Month High as Japan Cuts Rates David Bird 2010
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I wonder if there's ever been a real moment in the history of the world in which the only way you could avoid getting killed by a tumbling, flaming oil tanker is by driving under it?
Thoughts from watching the commercial for new "Fast and Furious" movie Tyler 2009
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Some 20 tankers have been booked to cross the Atlantic month, prompting a rise in tanker rates.
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Today they were told that a chemical likely (ok, CN said "MAY" but ... the tanker is leaking) have gotten into the water that is A KNOWN CARCINOGEN, and can affect you through drinking and/or contact. 6 days later, people!
Archive 2005-08-07 Candace 2005
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We could ship in tanker trailers on trains and have them driven to the various points around town.
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I received a telegram onboard the tanker from a politician asking me to fly the Canadian flag while the ship was in, quote "Canadian Arctic waters" unquote -- whatever that may mean.
S.S. Manhattan's Northwest Passage VoyageObservations by Canada's Representative 1970
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I called the tanker navigator, who gave me a set of coordinates for our present position which I managed to set into my navigation gear; at least the machine would know where we were.
Thud Ridge Broughton, Jack, 1925- 1969
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As a matter of policy, we never predict the short term tanker market rates - our policy in this regard also applies to the 4th quarter of 2008.
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a tanker is a routine matter: men and material are well acquainted.
Pilots - Part 1 1967
mollusque commented on the word tanker
A truck that carries a container designed for transporting bulk fluids or gases.
March 10, 2008