tanker
Plural: tankers
Noun
- A ship, aircraft, or vehicle designed to transport bulk liquids.
- a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
- a soldier who drives a tank
- A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
- A motor truck with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles).
- A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
- 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.
- An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
- A tank car.
- Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
- A longboard.
Verb
- To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
- To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a destination where fuel is more expensive or in short supply.
Examples
- I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.
- Playing "TANKER" felt like deploying a massive vessel across the Scrabble board, carrying a heavy score.
- 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.
- Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.
Origin / Etymology
From tank + -er.
Synonyms
oil tanker, oiler, tank driver, tank ship, air tanker, tank truck, tanker aircraft, tanker truck, tankist, zipperhead
Scrabble Score: 10
tanker: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtanker: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tanker: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary