What does Tanker mean?

Definitions for Tanker
ˈtæŋ kərtanker

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Tanker.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. oil tanker, oiler, tanker, tank shipnoun

    a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

  2. tanker, tank drivernoun

    a soldier who drives a tank

Wiktionary

  1. tankernoun

    A vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.

  2. tankernoun

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

  3. tankernoun

    A longboard.

    1997: I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip uE000149824uE001 Neal Miyake, World Surf Day 1997

ChatGPT

  1. tanker

    A tanker is a large vehicle, ship, or aircraft designed to carry or transport bulk quantities of liquids or gases, such as oil or petroleum.

Wikidata

  1. Tanker

    A tanker is a merchant vessel designed to transport liquids or gases in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and gas carrier.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tanker in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tanker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Tanker in a Sentence

  1. Glenn Huniche:

    That is something that is going to be game changing in the years to come, with the upturn, conventional (tanker) owners are coming back with money in their pockets - and that can be used in instruments like this.

  2. Michael Tran:

    Tanker rates need to re-rate back to economically palatable levels to entice U.S. exports, the astronomical freight rates of last few days had eroded export economics from the Gulf Coast.

  3. Rahul Kapoor:

    With seasonal demand support and tanker supply deficit still pronounced, we expect (fourth-quarter) tanker freight rates to stay elevated and end the year on a high note.

  4. Ayoub Qassem:

    The tanker was seized due to illegal entrance to Libyan waters without permission.

  5. Loren Thompson:

    This is shaping up to be a replay of the tanker award when Boeing Co challenged the way in which Northrop was awarded a future The Air Force program.

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