TANK SHIP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

Synonyms:

oil tanker; oiler; tank ship; tanker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tank ship" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tank ship"):

supertanker (the largest class of oil tankers)

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