road-tanker

  • 1Tanker — can refer to:* Tanker (ship), a ship designed to carry bulk liquids ** Chemical tanker ** Oil tanker, also known as an petroleum tanker ** LNG carrier, a ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas, sometimes known as a tanker * tank car …

    Wikipedia

  • 2Road transport — (British English) or road transportation (American English) is transport on roads of passengers or goods.A hybrid of road transport and ship transport is the historic horse drawn boat.HistoryThe first forms of road transport were horses, oxen or… …

    Wikipedia

  • 3tanker — ► NOUN ▪ a ship, road vehicle, or aircraft for carrying liquids, especially mineral oils, in bulk …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4Road train — This article is about connected heavy goods vehicles. For lighter recreational road trains, see Trackless train. For electronic road trains, see Platoon (automobile). For the film, see Road Train (film). Volvo NH15 BP tanker road train A road… …

    Wikipedia

  • 5tanker — noun 1 ship carrying oil or petrol/gasoline ADJECTIVE ▪ giant, huge, large ▪ gas, oil TANKER + VERB ▪ carry sth, tra …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 6tanker — noun a ship, road vehicle, or aircraft for carrying liquids, especially mineral oils, in bulk. verb transport (a liquid) in a tanker …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 7tanker — /ˈtæŋkə / (say tangkuh) noun 1. a ship, aircraft, road or rail vehicle designed to carry oil or other liquid in bulk. 2. Colloquial a person who deliberately loses a sporting match. 3. Colloquial a failure …

  • 8tanker — n. a ship, aircraft, or road vehicle for carrying liquids, esp. mineral oils, in bulk …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 9sullage tanker — /ˈsʌlɪdʒ tæŋkə/ (say sulij tangkuh) noun a road tanker into which the contents of domestic and other cess pits are pumped for ultimate disposal elsewhere …

  • 10water tanker — /ˈwɔtə tæŋkə/ (say wawtuh tangkuh) noun a road tanker carrying water, either for human consumption, irrigation, firefighting, stock watering, etc …