Meaning

8 senses
  1. A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.

    Tanker, Tankschiff

    та́нкерtánker, наливно́е су́дноnalivnóje súdno

    та́нкерtánker

  2. (UK, US)A motor truck (lorry) with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles): a fuel tanker (lorry), petrol tanker, road tanker.

    Tanklaster, Tanklastwagen

    бензово́зbenzovóz, автоцисте́рнаavtocistɛ́rna

    бензово́зbenzovóz

  3. (usually)An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel.

    Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.

  4. An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.

    While our ground teams cut firebreaks in the brush, the tankers kept the fire in the mountains at bay with frequent drops of water and retardant.

  5. A tank car (tank wagon).

    a soldier who drives a tank

  6. Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.

    Panzersoldat

    танки́стtankíst, танки́сткаtankístka

    танкі́стtankíst, танкі́сткаtankístka

  7. An airman who serves on the crew of an aerial refueling tanker aircraft.

  8. (slang)A longboard.

    I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. The tanker has a small crew.

    У танкера був невеликий екіпаж.

    ruНа танкере маленький экипаж.

    deDer Tanker hat eine kleine Mannschaft.

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  2. A new oil tanker was launched.

    deEin neuer Öltanker stach in See.

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  3. The huge tanker has just left the dock.

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  4. A huge tanker just pulled out from the dock.

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  5. A ship that transports oil is called an oil tanker.

    ruСудно, которое перевозит нефть, называется нефтяной танкер.

    deEin Schiff, das Öl transportiert, wird Öltanker genannt.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
vessel:
tank truck:
member of a tank crew:
Русский
By meaning 3
vessel:
tank truck:
member of a tank crew:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
vessel:
tank truck:
member of a tank crew:

Forms

plural: tankers
Singulartanker
Pluraltankers

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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