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Definition of tanker in English:

tanker

Translate tanker into Spanish

noun

  • 1A ship, road vehicle, or aircraft for carrying liquids, especially petroleum, in bulk.

    • ‘the dockyards are used mainly for the repair of oil tankers’

  • 2US informal A member of the crew of a military tank.

Pronunciation

tanker

/ˈtaNGkər/ /ˈtæŋkər/

transitive verb

[with object]

  • Transport (a liquid) in a tanker.

    • ‘fresh, clean wine had to be tankered up to the capital for bottling’

Pronunciation

tanker

/ˈtaNGkər/ /ˈtæŋkər/