oilberg

English

Etymology

Blend of oil +‎ iceberg, because the greater part of a loaded vessel of this kind is below the water level.

Noun

oilberg (plural oilbergs)

1. (informal) A supertanker that transports oil.
   • 1970, LIFE, volume 68, number 8, page 29:

     With the advent of supertankers — aptly nicknamed "oilbergs" — the danger increases that 300,000 tons or more may be dumped in a single mishap.

   • 1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil, page 46:

     That is a lot of ship, about the the^[sic] size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.

Anagrams

• obliger