A ship having large compartments, designed to transport crude oil over the ocean.(noun)
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Use "oil tanker" in a sentence
"Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen launched an attack on the French oil tanker the Limburg on October 6, 2002, as it steamed off the Yemeni coast."
"A huge oil tanker was coming past, filling each window with its rusty bulk, honking its high-powered hooter moodily, like a lonely male whale complaining about its solitude."