tanker
30
3.1
- noun
- /ˈtæŋkər/
:
camión cisterna
- All right, men, refuel the tanker.
- tanker truck
- tanker drivers
- tanker operators
Examples
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Water was uniformly applied by a tanker truck, and the windrows immediately turned to incorporate the moisture.
Academic text (1996) -
We're not leaving without our tankers full of gas.
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I got a tanker truck overturned and 15 cars on fire.
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We already have your first shipment being loaded into the four tanker trucks.
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Volunteer fire departments responded with tankers to supply city fire crews with water.
Academic text (1994) -
The city has relied on a 3,500-gallon tanker truck to apply water to the windrows.
Academic text (1998) -
Behind it, the tanker truck brakes hard, shuddering and groaning, trying to stop.
Fiction book (1991) -
The purified water was then pumped into tankers and transported to the hospitals.
Academic text (1993) -
Miles back, we'd passed three wrecked petrol tankers that rebels had attacked on the road months earlier.
Academic text (2002) -
The fire department responded quickly to the scene of the overturned tanker on the highway.
Synonyms
7
3.3
A large road vehicle that carries liquids or gas in a metal container
1
3.4
A large vehicle with a tank that carries liquids or gases on roads
Compounds
How Much
30
3.1
- Specialized
48
3.4
1
2.7
72
1.9
183
1.0
3
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tanker comes from tank + -er. A tank is a 'container' for liquids, so a tanker is a large vehicle made to carry liquids or gases in big tanks.