tanker
See also: tänker
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tanker (plural tankers)
- (nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
- (automotive, US) A tank truck.
- (automotive, UK) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
- (rail transport) A tank car
- (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
- (surfing slang) A longboard.
- I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip
Synonyms
- (military): tankman, tankist
- (military): trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier
- (military): zipperhead (Canadian military slang)
Derived terms
- oil tanker
- supertanker
- petrol tanker (truck with a container for transporting fuel) (UK)
Translations
vessel
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tank truck
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member of a tank crew
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Verb
tanker (third-person singular simple present tankers, present participle tankering, simple past and past participle tankered)
- (transitive) To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
tanker c
Etymology 2
Noun
tanker c (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)
- a tanker (a ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid cargoes)
Synonyms
Verb
tanker
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
tanker m (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
- tankar (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
Noun
tanker m
- indefinite plural of tank
- indefinite plural of tanke
Etymology 3
Verb
tanker
References
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
tànker m (Cyrillic spelling та̀нкер)
- tanker (vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid)
Declension
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