Word Study
tanker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tanker has 2 senses
- tanker(n = noun.artifact) oil tanker, oiler, tank ship - a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk; Array is a kind of cargo ship, cargo vessel
- tanker(n = noun.person) tank driver - a soldier who drives a tank; Array is a kind of soldier
has particulars: supertanker
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tanker, n. a ship, aircraft, or road vehicle for carrying liquids, esp. mineral oils, in bulk.
THESAURUS
tanker
argosy, ark, bathyscaphe, caravel, cargo ship, coast guard cutter, coaster, collier, derelict, dredge, fishing boat, freighter, hydrofoil, icebreaker, lash, lightship, liner, merchant ship, merchantman, oiler, packet, packet boat, paddle steamer, picket ship, refrigeration ship, revenue cutter, rotor, rotor ship, screw steamer, self-propelled barge, ship, side-wheeler, slaver, spar-decker, steam schooner, steam yacht, steamer, stern-wheeler, storeship, tank corpsman, tank crewman, tender, tramp steamer, transport, trawler, turbine, weather ship, whaler
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