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Definition of "oil tanker" []

  • A ship having large compartments, designed to transport crude oil over the ocean. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

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."