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The largest class of oil tankers
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supertanker
Alternative clues for the word supertanker
Word definitions for supertanker in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tank ship \Tank ship\, Tank vessel \Tank vessel\ . (Naut.) A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk; -- called also tanker . A tank ship of very large capacity is called a supertanker .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the largest class of oil tankers
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ About how much larger are the modern supertankers compared with the tankers of 20 years ago? ▪ And all because this cool band sells a supertanker load of records! ▪ From the photograph, what problems are there now for building ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An extremely large tanker ship.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1921, from super- + tanker .
Usage examples of supertanker.
Indeed, that particular flash was seen by the bosun of a supertanker off Point Chehalis, thirteen miles away near the gateway to the long harbor.
More than two hundred supertankers and containerships longer than six hundred feet had been sunk around the world over a twenty-year span.
I rented one of those big powerboats that have enough engine to drive a supertanker.
Even the entire contents of the Sea-witch's tank would not have filled a quarter of the supertanker's carrying capacity, and the possibility of a supertanker running at a loss, however small, would have been the source of waking nightmares for the North Hudson: equally importantly, the more isolated ports which Lord Worth favored for the delivery of his oil were unable to offer deep-water berthside facilities for anything in excess of fifty thousand tons.
The steel-faced docks on opposite sides of the river channel backed by landfill provided twelve thousand feet of deep-water berthage for all ships except heavily laden supertankers.
Targets included electric power grids, nuclear and hydroelectric stations, the chemical and mining industries, the air traffic control system, the banking industry, the stock markets, hospitals, naval warships, supertankers, oil and gas pipelines, and the railroad system.
The Silkworm and Sunburn missiles had been devastating long-range weapons, capable of destroying the largest supertankers or cargo vessels passing through the Persian Gulf--their presence on Abu Musa Island, close to the heavily traveled international sea lanes, had been protested by many nations for several years.
He was comparing the configuration shown by the Nimrod's pictures with the scale plan provided by Lloyd's and the model of the supertanker British Princess lent by British Petroleum.
The North Hudson Oil Company did, in fact, have supertankers, but the use of them in this case did not serve Lord Worth's purpose.
Not of some ship like this, though, or even the big supertanker I was skippering back on Earth.
Breaking out of the smoke screen laid down by the burning ship, two dozen high-speed craft streaked towards the supertanker.