tank car

English

Noun

tank car (plural tank cars)

1. (rail transport) A railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases.
   • 1936 September 6, Franklin Roosevelt, 1:16 from the start, in Fireside Chat 8: On Farmers and Laborers‎^[1], Miller Center:

     I saw livestock kept alive only because water had been brought to them long distances in tank cars.

Synonyms

• tank wagon

Coordinate terms

• tanker truck

Translations

type of railway car

• Finnish: säiliövaunu
• French: wagon-citerne (fr) m
• German: Kesselwagen m, Tankwaggon m
• Romanian: vagon-cisternă (ro) n