tankers

noun

plural of tanker
as in freighters

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Recent Examples of tankers There has been very limited demand to book tankers to load oil from ports in the Persian Gulf, a step that would need to happen for shipments from the export installations to happen, shipbrokers and tanker owners said Friday. — Alex Longley, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tankers
  1. warships
  2. barges
  3. traders
  4. liners
  5. ships
  6. cutters
  7. transports
  8. packets
Noun
  • At least five San Diego warships will participate in RimPac, as well as dozens of foreign vessels, including BAP Pisco, a Peruvian amphibious warship that arrived in San Diego on Monday.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Russia’s 2022 Warship Law also requires 90 days' advance notice for foreign warships to transit the passage, limits the route to one warship at a time, and requires submarines to surface.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
Definition of warships
Noun
  • The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of barges
Noun
  • The building was under construction on a busy commercial street in the Eastleigh area, which is often crowded with thousands of traders and residents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The ever-rising risk premium demanded by investors for holding those bonds shows that traders are still unconvinced that the French government has a plan to resolve its budget crisis.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of traders
Noun
  • However, when using vinyl liners, the seams between the sections of a liner can often be visible.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Just be sure to look for liners topped with rust-resistant metal grommets, as a trail of rust streaking your liner is unsightly.
    — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
Definition of liners
Noun
  • Out in the harbor, the skeletons of derelict ships abandoned by sailors who had gone searching for gold formed the first and strangest San Francisco skyline.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Why ships and airfields need new defenses China’s research focuses on defending valuable assets.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of ships
Noun
  • The 1970s marked a reinvigoration in quilting culture, with the introduction of specialty rulers and rotary cutters for use with modern patterns.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The 1,680-ton tunnel-boring machine unveiled Monday is nearly the length of two football fields and armed with cutters harder than diamonds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cutters
Noun
  • Support regional military airlift KONA is intended to occupy a space between light utility aircraft, such as the Cessna C-208, and larger tactical transports such as the C-130.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Proust Effect — named for a scene in French author Marcel Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time where a bite of madeleine and tea transports the protagonist back to childhood — is the psychological concept that names this process.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of transports
Noun
  • Caffeine pouches, small packets placed in the mouth between the lip and gum, are marketed as a portable and discreet way to boost energy and focus.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There are six packets of seaweed snacks that are very lightly coated in a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of packets

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