tanker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛ̃ŋkɚ/ æ-raising
- /ˈtæŋkə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈteɪ̯ŋkɚ/ æ-raising
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈtæŋkɚ/ (General-American) without æ-raising
Etymology
Etymology tree Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka) Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor. Portuguese tanquebor. English tank Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tanker From tank + -er.
Meanings
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A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
The channel at Chan-chiang is being dredged to a depth of 50 feet enabling tankers of 70,000 tons to call.
1976 March, JeNelle Matheson, Construction Equipment A Market Assessment for the People's Republic of China, U.S. Department of Commerce, →OCLC, page 8:
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(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.
Nor is the government facing a strike by tanker drivers, as was the case in early 1979 during the winter of discontent.
2021 September 23, Larry Elliott, “Petrol disruption will fuel fears of new winter of discontent”, in The Guardian:
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(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.
On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN:Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.
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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.
- A tank car (tank wagon).
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Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
On February 19, 1943, American tankers felt the full wrath of the German Army in North Africa when its tank-led spearhead punched a 2-mile-wide hole through American lines at Faid Pass in Tunisia, […]
2014, Michael Green, American Tanks & AFVs of World War II, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 70:
- An airman who serves on the crew of an aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
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(slang) A longboard.
I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tankers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
tankerful · tankerload · oil tanker · think-tanker · petroleum tanker · tanker truck · helitanker · air tanker · supertanker · tankerman · tanker ace · tanker aircraft · tanker boot
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
tankist · air tanker · tank truck · zipperhead · tanker aircraft · tanker truck
Translations (96)
sh tànker (vessel) · de Panzersoldat (member of a tank crew) · fi tankkilaiva (vessel) · ky танкер (vessel) · da tankbil (tank truck) · vo cubanaf (vessel) · nn tankar (vessel) · pt camião-cisterna (tank truck) · ja タンカー (vessel) · it petroliera (vessel) · tl tangkista (member of a tank crew) · fr pétrolier (vessel) · et tanker (vessel) · es avión cisterna (vessel) · da tankskib (vessel) · fi panssarimies (member of a tank crew) · cs tanker (vessel) · lt tanki̇̀stė (member of a tank crew) · de Tanklastwagen (tank truck) · el δεξαμενόπλοιο (vessel) · de Tanker (vessel) · ko 탱커 (vessel) · fr camion-citerne (tank truck) · pl czołgista (member of a tank crew) · ru наливно́е су́дно (vessel) · cmn 油船 (vessel) · cmn 液貨船 /液货船 (vessel) · be танкі́ст (member of a tank crew) · pt tanqueiro (member of a tank crew) · es camión cisterna (vessel) · kk танкер (vessel) · nn tankbåt (vessel) · es buque cisterna (vessel) · ru та́нкер (vessel) · it nave cisterna (vessel) · hu páncélos (member of a tank crew) · uk бензово́з (tank truck) · hi टैंकर (vessel) · lv tankkuģis (vessel) · pl tankowiec (vessel) · da tankvogn (tank truck) · pt caminhão-tanque (tank truck) · uk танкі́стка (member of a tank crew) · ro autocisternă (tank truck) · sl tanker (vessel) · be танкі́стка (member of a tank crew) · fi tankkeri (vessel) · ka ტანკერი (vessel) · fi säiliöalus (vessel) · it autocisterna (tank truck) · sk tankista (member of a tank crew) · pt navio-tanque (vessel) · fr tankiste (member of a tank crew) · uk та́нкер (vessel) · be та́нкер (vessel) · lv tankists (member of a tank crew) · lt tanki̇̀stas (member of a tank crew) · hu tartálykocsi (tank truck) · it carrista (member of a tank crew) · ru танки́стка (member of a tank crew) · cs tankista (member of a tank crew) · fi säiliöauto (tank truck) · ro tanc petrolier (vessel) · sv tankfartyg (vessel) · nb tankskip (vessel) · sk tanker (vessel) · fi säiliölaiva (vessel) · sv tanker (vessel) · pl cysterna (tank truck) · bg та́нкер (vessel) · nb tanker (vessel) · de Tankschiff (vessel) · nb tankbåt (vessel) · uk танкі́ст (member of a tank crew) · bg цисте́рна (tank truck) · ar نَاقِلة (vessel) · sh та̀нкер (vessel) · es camión cisterna (tank truck) · ru бензово́з (tank truck) · mk танкер (vessel) · cmn 油車 /油车 (tank truck) · pl czołgistka (member of a tank crew) · pl zbiornikowiec (vessel) · ru танки́ст (member of a tank crew) · nn tankskip (vessel) · lt tanklaivis (vessel) · pl beczkowóz (tank truck) · de Tanklaster (tank truck) · fr tanker (vessel) · da tanker (vessel) · ru автоцисте́рна (tank truck) · hy հեղուկանավ (vessel) · hu üzemanyag-szállító jármű (tank truck) · ro petrolier (vessel) · fr navire-citerne (vessel) · bg танки́ст (member of a tank crew)
wikidata: Q1146040 · wikidata: Q20465 · wikidata: Q3261888 · wikidata: Q14970