oil tanker
noun
a large ship specifically designed for transporting crude oil in bulk across the oceans.
Origin of oil tanker
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby oil tanker
oil sand,
oil sands,
oil shale,
oil slick,
oil spill,
oil tanker,
oil varnish,
oil well,
oil-cooled,
oil-harden,
oil-immersion objective
Example sentences from the Web for oil tanker
If there had been, a fellow couldn't be advertising her to the crew of an oil-tanker at high-noon, could he?
Wide Courses |James Brendan ConnollyUsually it is only the drunks who come over the side of an oil-tanker singing, but this was no drunk.
Wide Courses |James Brendan Connolly