1
a
: a cargo ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid in bulk
b
: a vehicle on which a tank is mounted to carry fluids
also
: a cargo airplane for transporting fuel
2
: a member of a military tank crew
Examples of tanker in a Sentence
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Traders mostly fear a widening conflict could disrupt tanker shipments from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Srinivasan Sivabalan, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
Their bodies were recovered either in the tanker or on the streambank, according to the news release.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
Crew at the Lookingglass Hatchery in Elgin, Oregon, had loaded up a 53-foot tanker truck with water and 102,000 18-month-old spring Chinook salmon.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
When a 53-foot fish tanker truck crashed and rolled upside down on an embankment next to a creek in northeast Oregon, its driver suffered only minor injuries.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
The company’s contract with NASA calls for deploying multiple tankers in quick succession to support astronauts heading to the surface.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024
Lookingglass Hatchery, where the tanker’s stock originated, is one of several hatcheries raising salmon as a mitigation effort.
—Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 5 Apr. 2024
The truck slid down the rocky embankment, emptying the tanker of the majority of its cargo into Lookingglass Creek, a tributary of the Grande Ronde River.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The truck overturned on a twisting road that mirrors Lookingglass Creek — and some 77,000 fish made it from the tanker into the creek's fresh, inviting water, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
Srinivasan Sivabalan, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
Their bodies were recovered either in the tanker or on the streambank, according to the news release.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
Crew at the Lookingglass Hatchery in Elgin, Oregon, had loaded up a 53-foot tanker truck with water and 102,000 18-month-old spring Chinook salmon.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
When a 53-foot fish tanker truck crashed and rolled upside down on an embankment next to a creek in northeast Oregon, its driver suffered only minor injuries.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
The company’s contract with NASA calls for deploying multiple tankers in quick succession to support astronauts heading to the surface.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024
Lookingglass Hatchery, where the tanker’s stock originated, is one of several hatcheries raising salmon as a mitigation effort.
—Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 5 Apr. 2024
The truck slid down the rocky embankment, emptying the tanker of the majority of its cargo into Lookingglass Creek, a tributary of the Grande Ronde River.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The truck overturned on a twisting road that mirrors Lookingglass Creek — and some 77,000 fish made it from the tanker into the creek's fresh, inviting water, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tanker. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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tanker
noun
tank·er
ˈtaŋ-kər 
: a vehicle (as a ship, truck, or aircraft) designed for the transportation of liquids
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