Oil tanker (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

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Meaning:

A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulkplay

Synonyms:

oil tanker; oiler; tank ship; tanker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oil tanker" is a kind of...):

cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oil tanker"):

supertanker (the largest class of oil tankers)

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