tank ship

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tank ship - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

tank ship - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tank ship
      n 1: a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk [syn: oil tanker
           , oiler, tanker, tank ship]