Definitions for tanker

tanker tank·er

Spelling: [tang-ker]
IPA: /ˈtæŋ kər/

Tanker is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in tanker (aeknrt).

Definitions for tanker

noun

  1. a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
  2. a tank trailer or tank truck.

verb (used with object)

  1. to transport by tanker.

Origin of tanker

First recorded in 1895-1900; tank + -er1

Examples for tanker

Meanwhile, tanker Ike had been anxiously  scanning the horizon.

tanker Ike, who was riding ahead, suddenly leaped off his horse.

They pump their haul of diluted bitumen into tanker cars in the terminal's loading yard, thick with the smell of petroleum.

The tanker reported a damaged rudder and a destroyer went to her aid.

"They got a Danish tanker somewhere off Nantucket," he continued impotently.

The tanker at the back of the convoy and to the right was slipping behind.

For the time, at least, the tanker and its priceless cargo were saved.

It was a long way around to the tanker Vern was on, hopping from deck to deck, detouring around open stretches.

There is a ship out yonder, but its a tanker or a freighter.

Surprisingly, though, he did find a tanker with a full load, the very next day.

Word Value for tanker
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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