tanker

IPA: tˈæŋkɝ

(nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
(automotive, US) A tank truck.
(automotive, UK) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
(aviation, usually military) An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel.
(aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
(rail transport) A tank car.
(military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
(surfing slang) A longboard.

(transitive) To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
(aviation) To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a destination where fuel is more expensive or in short supply.

Examples of "tanker" in Sentences

a tanker is a routine matter: men and material are well acquainted.
Some 20 tankers have been booked to cross the Atlantic month, prompting a rise in tanker rates.
We could ship in tanker trailers on trains and have them driven to the various points around town.
As a matter of policy, we never predict the short term tanker market rates - our policy in this regard also applies to the 4th quarter of 2008.
Crude-oil futures also gained support from a disruption in tanker traffic in the Houston Ship Channel and a port strike in France that delayed deliveries to refineries.
I wonder if there's ever been a real moment in the history of the world in which the only way you could avoid getting killed by a tumbling, flaming oil tanker is by driving under it?
I received a telegram onboard the tanker from a politician asking me to fly the Canadian flag while the ship was in, quote "Canadian Arctic waters" unquote -- whatever that may mean.
I called the tanker navigator, who gave me a set of coordinates for our present position which I managed to set into my navigation gear; at least the machine would know where we were.
Today they were told that a chemical likely (ok, CN said "MAY" but ... the tanker is leaking) have gotten into the water that is A KNOWN CARCINOGEN, and can affect you through drinking and/or contact. 6 days later, people!