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noun
An extremely large tanker ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oil tanker, tanker
noun
the largest class of oil tankers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oil tanker, oiler, tanker, tank ship
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka) Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor. Portuguese tanquebor. English tank Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tanker English supertanker From super- + tanker.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
