- tanker⇄noun 1. a ship for carrying liquid freight, especially oil.
Ex. The tanker Salem Maritime had just finished taking on 130,000 barrels of gasoline, kerosene, and oil at Lake Charles (Newsweek).
2. any vehicle carrying liquid freight, such as - tanker⇄tanker, noun, verb.
- tanker⇄v.t. to transport in a tanker.
Ex. Most of Saudi Arabia's oil is tankered to market (Wall Street Journal).