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tanker

UK /ˈtæŋkə/US /ˈtæŋkɚ/

noun 8
verb 2
forms 3

noun8

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A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
- The channel at Chan-chiang is being dredged to a depth of 50 feet enabling tankers of 70,000 tons to call. — 1976
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A motor truck (lorry) with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles): a fuel tanker (lorry), petrol tanker, road tanker.
- Nor is the government facing a strike by tanker drivers, as was the case in early 1979 during the winter of discontent. — 2021
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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.
- Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.
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An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
- While our ground teams cut firebreaks in the brush, the tankers kept the fire in the mountains at bay with frequent drops of water and retardant.
A tank car (tank wagon).
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Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
- On February 19, 1943, American tankers felt the full wrath of the German Army in North Africa when its tank-led spearhead punched a 2-mile-wide hole through American lines at Faid Pass in Tunisia, […] — 2014
An airman who serves on the crew of an aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
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(slang) A longboard.
- I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.

verb2

To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a destination where fuel is more expensive or in short supply.

forms

tankered · tankering · tankers

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