tanker in Arabic
نَاقِلة nāqila
UK/ˈtæŋkə/US/ˈtæŋkɚ/
tanker in Arabic: نَاقِلة (nāqila). In English, tanker means a tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
Arabic words for tanker
- vessel
- نَاقِلة nāqila
English meaning of tanker
- noun A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
- noun A motor truck (lorry) with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles): a fuel tanker (lorry), petrol tanker, road tanker.
- noun An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel.
- noun An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
tanker in a sentence
- Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.
- While our ground teams cut firebreaks in the brush, the tankers kept the fire in the mountains at bay with frequent drops of water and retardant.
- I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.
Synonyms of tanker
tanker in other languages
Questions about tanker in Arabic
- What is the meaning of tanker in Arabic?
- Tanker in Arabic is نَاقِلة (nāqila).
- ما معنى كلمة tanker؟
- Tanker: نَاقِلة (nāqila).
- What does tanker mean in English?
- Tanker means a tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
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