Definition of Tanker

a vehicle used to transport gas or liquids in bulk

Examples of Tanker in a sentence

The gas tanker held hundreds of gallons of fuel that supplied a substantial portion of South Florida.  🔊

Large corporations like BP use thousands of tankers to transport gasoline to their stores across the nation.  🔊

The naval tanker housing noxious chemical warfare was heavily guarded to protect the cargo from enemy fire.  🔊

The military employs air tankers to quickly transport fire supplies like gasoline and ammo to men on the front.  🔊

Farmers receive shipments of fertilizers like liquid sulfur in a heavy metal tanker.  🔊

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