[noun] [C] - a ship, aircraft, road or railway vehicle which is built to carry liquid or gasMore than 2000 people are believed to have died when the ferry sank after colliding with an oil tanker.Tanker spills now average one a day.Smaller quantities of gas are delivered as liquids by tanker-trucks.See picture: Trucks
TANKER
Meaning of TANKER in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012