tanker

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   A motor truck (lorry) with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles)

   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.
3. 3

   An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other…

   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. ›+ 7 more definitionsshow fewer

   1. 4

      An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on…

      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.
   2. 5

      A tank car (tank wagon).

   3. 6

      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, […]
   4. 7

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

   5. 8

      A longboard.

      • I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.
   6. 9

      To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.

   7. 10

      To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a…

      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.

The neighborhood

• neighborcrewman