Tanker - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtæŋkər|  American pronunciation of the word tanker
Brit.  |ˈtæŋkə|  British pronunciation of the word tanker

noun

- a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk (syn: oiler)
- a soldier who drives a tank

Extra examples

...disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil...

Oil gushed out from the hole in the tanker.

Oil spewed out of the damaged tanker.

A tanker is leaking oil off the coast of Scotland.

There will be a public inquiry into the sinking of the oil tanker.

The tanker is registered in Rotterdam.

The tanker driver was treated for shock and released.

A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway.

...the tanker stayed in Boston harbor three days to undergo repairs...

The tanker fueled in Bahrain

Word forms

noun
singular: tanker
plural: tankers
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