tanker
noun
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
tankers
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pluralof tanker.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The oil market didn’t bat an eye after reports Thursday of tankers hit by mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The network has since consolidated control of the market, moving tens of billions of dollars of oil annually on a fleet of tankers that form most of Russia’s shadow fleet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The oil from Rosebank would be loaded onto tankers via a gigantic hose and nozzle, which looks like the super-sized pump of an enormous floating filling station.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Tehran had millions of barrels of crude in tankers floating in Asian waters that gave it a steady flow of much-needed cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
I rode on boxcars and cinder cars and tankers.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
