tanker

[US]/ˈtæŋkə(r)/
[UK]/ˈtæŋkər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. oil tanker; fuel aircraft; oil tanker truck; [slang] tank operator.

Phrases & Collocations

oil tanker

tanker truck

naval tanker

fuel tanker

chemical tanker

LNG tanker

Example Sentences

shipping oil in tankers;

a tanker that flies the Liberian flag.

loaded the tanker with crude oil.

an oil tanker that had veered off course.

Huge tankers are used to transport oil.

The tanker blew up on its homeward journey.

a crashed petrol tanker exploded in a fireball.

Last night a cargo ship collided with a tanker carrying crude oil.

Crewmen aboard the tanker sighted a ship in distress off the coast of Senegal.

According to one newsagency it happened when a tanker was discharging liquefied petroleum gas at a station.

The ships with large carrying capacity such as oil tanker, orecarrier play important roles.

Real-world Examples

She's a big lady, she's a T2 tanker.

Source: Go blank axis version

We don't have ship yards large enough to take super tankers.

Source: The Secrets of the Titanic

The bus caught fire after hitting a diesel tanker, according to local media.

Source: VOA Daily Standard October 2022 Collection

The marines, who were guarding a tanker, say they mistook the fishermen for pirates.

Source: BBC Listening Collection March 2013

Iran denies Saudi accusations that it recently attacked oil tankers and a Saudi pipeline.

Source: BBC Listening June 2019 Compilation

We’re taking out more of their fighters and leaders, their weapons, their oil tankers.

Source: Obama's weekly television address.

It involves an oil tanker at the center of a standoff between the U.S. and Iran.

Source: NPR News August 2019 Collection

The United Nations purchased another oil tanker so crews could move the oil from the Safer.

Source: VOA Special August 2023 Collection

12.have oil tankers been ready for bunkering?

Source: Maritime English listening

A local spokesperson says an explosive was placed on a fuel tanker.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

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