tankertank‧er /ˈtæŋkə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A tanker ban is only one of a package of measures which may be in place by the year 2000.
- He had boxed in the Army before he had become a tanker.
- It will be accompanied by five other warships, including destroyers and guided missile cruisers, and a fuel tanker.
- Last year was the worst for tanker spills since 1980.
- Meanwhile, the tankers did neutral steers and were just blasting with their guns.
- The Exxon Valdez was an oddity: one large oil company owned both tanker and oil, and employed the crew.
- The water was supplied from an eight-wheeled tanker that had arrived in Heymouth only an hour before.
WORD SETS► Transport
Collocationsaccelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a petrol tanker
a vehicle or ship specially built to carry large quantities of gas or liquid, especially oil → oil tanker (=a vehicle used for carrying petrol)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► driver· Donson and Frudd - tanker drivers - were convicted of thefts not related to their jobs.· A tanker driver on his way to an illegal dump in Co.· Some petrol tanker drivers have refused to cross picket lines.· The tanker driver was treated for shock at the scene, but was uninjured.· He says that he say the tanker driver pacing up and down by his parked lorry.
► oil· There, they claim, boats risk colliding with oil tankers waiting to go to Sullom Voe oil terminal.· An oil tanker, she thought, or perhaps a freighter.· The captain and crew of the oil tanker that ran aground on the Galapagos have been arrested.· In 1984 the two sides began to attack oil tankers in the Persian Gulf with modern missiles.· They have written to Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson, proposing that oil tankers should avoid the area.· The Home Secretary also confirmed that soldiers are being rapidly trained to drive oil tankers.· The 40-minute bombardment reportedly sank several oil tankers and barges in the harbour.· Also featured are pictures of oil tankers from 1892 onwards and original artefacts from the vessels and interactive displays.
► petrol· Some petrol tanker drivers have refused to cross picket lines.· The petrol tanker road crews responded to a man and the dockers in Belfast and Larne equally well.
► road· Larger fixed tanks can be road tanker supplied.
► truck· Too many people live without electricity or still buy drinking water from tanker trucks depositing the precious liquid in old chemical drums.· They had to wait a few minutes more for the arrival of a tanker truck with water to fight the fire.· The tanker truck was carrying some 8, 500 gallons of gasoline, he said.· There are small drums, disabled tanker trucks and old 5, 000-to 10, 000-gallon underground tanks lying above ground.· It must be shipped to gasoline terminals, where tanker trucks load up for delivery to service stations, by April 15.