oil tanker

noun

: a large ship that carries oil

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Hu also revealed that China is exploring other nuclear vessels, including a Suezmax oil tanker powered by a lead-bismuth cooled fast reactor and a floating nuclear power station. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025 Discovering hidden cocaine on an oil tanker, Antonio sees escape. Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025 An oil tanker delivers at the oil terminal in the harbor on Oct. 10, 2016, in Kochi, India. Dan Murphy, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2025 The Houthi militant group claimed a missile attack on an Israeli oil tanker in the Red Sea on Monday and vowed to retaliate against the country and its interests in the region. Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil tanker

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“Oil tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20tanker. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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