tanker
See also: tänker
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æŋkə(r)
Noun
tanker (plural tankers)
- (nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
- (automotive, US) A tank truck.
- (automotive, Britain) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
- (rail transport) A tank car
- (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
- (surfing slang) A longboard.
- I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip
Synonyms
- (military): tankman, tankist
- (military): trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier
- (military): zipperhead (Canadian military slang)
Derived terms
- oil tanker
- supertanker
- petrol tanker (truck with a container for transporting fuel) (UK)
Translations
vessel
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tank truck
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member of a tank crew
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tankər/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ɐ̯]
Noun
tanker c (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)
- a tanker (a ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid cargoes)
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Derived terms
See also
- tankar (Nynorsk)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tǎnker/
- Hyphenation: tan‧ker
Noun
tànker m (Cyrillic spelling та̀нкер)
- tanker (vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid)
Declension
Declension of tanker
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tanker | tankeri |
genitive | tankera | tankera |
dative | tankeru | tankerima |
accusative | tanker | tankere |
vocative | tankeru | tankeri |
locative | tankeru | tankerima |
instrumental | tankerom | tankerima |
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