WordNet
tank car
n. a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk [syn: tank]
Wikipedia
Tank car
right|thumb|upright=1.20|Modern tank cars carry all types of liquid and gaseous commodites. milk tank car for bulk loading at the Illinois railway museum.
A tank car ( International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities. tank car, gauge
Usage examples of "tank car".
Let's pretend that a bacterium is about the size of a railway tank car.
A light came on over the tank car, glinting off its black sides and lighting up the slowly falling curtain of rain.
She might even find out that the railroad tank car situation wasn't quite on the up-and-up.