tanker
/ˈtæŋkɚ/ noun C1- A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
- 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.
- An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
- A tank car (tank wagon).
- Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
- An airman who serves on the crew of an aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
- A longboard. · I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.
Plural tankers
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In April 1956, a converted oil tanker called the Ideal X sailed from Newark, New Jersey, to Houston, Texas, carrying fifty-eight containers.
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