Meaning

1 senses
  1. An aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air, usually either fuel, fire-retardants, or water.

    Near-synonym: waterbomber (broadly synonymous)

    Tankflugzeug, Löschflugzeug

    самолёт-запра́вщикsamoljót-zaprávščik

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air:

Forms

plural: air tankers
Singularair tanker
Pluralair tankers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
ATA1waterbomber[Appendix:Glossary

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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