helitanker
helitanker noun: a helicopter used in firefighting, especially against forest fires, which drops water or other fire retardant on the fire.
Noun
helitanker (plural helitankers)
- A helicopter used in firefighting, especially against forest fires, which drops water or other fire retardant on the fire.
- MORE than a dozen fire crews and two helitankers are battling a grass fire west of Geelong as temperatures across the state hit 40C.2009 January 28, Sarah Wotherspoon, “Mercury rising as firefighters battle grass blaze”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2009
Forms of helitanker
| plural | helitankers |
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Origin of helitanker
From heli- + tanker.
Questions about helitanker
- What does helitanker mean?
- Helitanker means a helicopter used in firefighting, especially against forest fires, which drops water or other fire retardant on the fire.
- What part of speech is helitanker?
- Helitanker is a noun.
- What is the plural of helitanker?
- The plural of helitanker is helitankers.
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