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tanker

noun

Definition of tanker

as in barge

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Recent Examples of tanker The Energos Winter floating storage and regasification unit and the GasLog Salem LNG tanker were damaged, according to the trade intelligence firm Kpler. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 July 2026 The semiofficial Fars news agency said the tanker made the journey with Iran’s permission. — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 July 2026 The former head of the Damietta Port Authority, Major General Ayman Salah, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that the regasification ship was moored next to the LNG tanker in the harbour. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 July 2026 Boom operators are those who direct the transfer of fuel from the KC-135 fuel tanker to other aircraft mid-flight. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tanker

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Noun

In other parts of the route, the road drops close enough to the river so that drivers can watch barge traffic on the Mississippi.

— Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
Once the plant reaches the end of its operational lifespan, tugboats will tow the entire barge to a specialized shipyard for decommissioning.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

The Boeing 737 entered service in 1999 as a passenger aircraft before it was converted into a freighter in 2011.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
The 737-400 was first delivered as a passenger plane to Russia’s Aeroflot in 1999 and was converted to a freighter in 2012, according to Flightradar24.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

The warship is designed to carry 64 strike-length Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells capable of firing a broad range of air defense, ballistic missile defense, and land-attack missiles.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
The warship and escorts are now at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, where the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is being offloaded.

— Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of warship

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The supertanker would then face a much longer journey around Africa to destinations in Asia, and would have to return on the same route through the Suez due to Houthi threats at the Bab el-Mandeb, Smith said.

— Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Optimism about a deal earlier this week also came amid reports that multiple large ships carrying crude and natural gas successfully crossed the strait, including an Iraqi supertanker bound for China.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Definition of supertanker

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The ferry also stops on Ellis Island, part of the national park, and is famous for processing more than 12 million immigrant steamship passengers through its federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026
The seasoning’s name is a nod to the region’s maritime history and is named for the Old Bay Line, a passenger steamship that traveled the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Norfolk, Virginia, in the early 1900s.

— Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

Nearly one-third of containership imports and exports travel through the San Pedro Bay port complex.

— Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
The world's largest containership, built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, in Rotterdam harbor, Netherlands, on August 12, 2022.

— Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025

Definition of containership

Noun

These came in a tiny bag folded very tightly—typically, that means breaking out the steamer or tossing them in the dryer with an ice cube.

— Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 31 July 2026
In-room requests (like asking for a steamer, for instance) are handled swiftly via WhatsApp.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of steamer

Noun

Without his salary, paying rent, buying food, phone credit, covering transport costs and paying water bills have all become daily struggles.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Lorena Basualdo, a luxury travel adviser who specializes in Italian vacations, pointed out that northern gateways have brief summers and limited transport slots.

— Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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