(nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
tanker
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tanker.
Editorial note
The loud arguments against these awful crimes against the noble oilmen and brave tanker captains who are struggling.
Quick take
(nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tanker gathered in one view.
(automotive, US) A motor truck with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles).
(automotive, UK) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tanker.
noun
(nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
See also: oiler, oil-tanker, tank-driver, tank-ship
noun
(automotive, US) A motor truck with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles).
See also: oiler, oil-tanker, tank-driver, tank-ship
noun
(automotive, UK) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
See also: oiler, oil-tanker, tank-driver, tank-ship
noun
(aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
See also: oiler, oil-tanker, tank-driver, tank-ship
Example sentences
The loud arguments against these awful crimes against the noble oilmen and brave tanker captains who are struggling.
Oil can burn, evaporate, leak out of a tanker and be dispersed and not be able to be retrieved.
Take a look at the (frequently) dozens of containter and tanker ships idling just offshore.
Even less so if you're willing to use a tanker to refuel the tow aircraft.
Well not for the rich dude who is going to pay thousands of dollars to get a tanker to water their lawn.
I shop for fuel prices, and will (sometimes) make a fuel stop and/or tanker fuel based on fuel prices.
Don't underestimate the energy necessary to shift the direction of an oil tanker.
The flight of 4 jets were able to return to US mainland only because the accompanying tanker was able to guide them back.
Sinks like a tanker when you try to actually use it, though.
That phone call is what IEX prevents, so that their customers (guys with big tanker trucks) can buy gas without impacting the price of gasoline.
I'm not at all convinced that the relevant factor that changed the outcome of this recommendation was accounting for tanker costs.
It's a frustrum on top of a fuel tanker.
Quote examples
A researcher shouldn't be able to dump a tanker of oil in the ocean to "find out what happens".....
There are also interesting "green" implications such that if BPA based plastics ever decay, its just like dumping a tanker car of monomer out in the landfill.
Previous studies valued all fuel at about one dollar per gallon." While it looks like that oversight may have happened before, by 2003 they were looking at something like the real cost of tanker fuel.
Obviously you can't prevent everything, but to say that some of these issues are 'unavoidable risk' is like saying that an oil company exec would say, "shit happens," to reports that one of their oil tanker captains crashed a ship while drunk.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tanker in a sentence?
The loud arguments against these awful crimes against the noble oilmen and brave tanker captains who are struggling.
What does tanker mean?
(nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
What part of speech is tanker?
tanker is commonly used as noun.