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TANK SHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tank ship mean?
• TANK SHIP (noun)
The noun TANK SHIP has 1 sense:
1. a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
Familiarity information: TANK SHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
oil tanker; oiler; tank ship; tanker
Hypernyms ("tank ship" is a kind of...):
cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tank ship"):
supertanker (the largest class of oil tankers)
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