(Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.
(Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) A large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
(Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
(slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
(video game) a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks)
“The tanker delivered a massive shipment of oil to the refinery.”
“The tanker skillfully maneuvered through the battlefield, displaying expertise as a member of the tank crew.”
“Jumboizing a freighter or tanker requires some serious cutting and welding.”
tankie
(communism, slang, historical, Britain) A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain who supported the Soviet Union's policy of crushing revolts in Hungary in the 1950s and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s by sending army tanks into these countries.
(derogatory) A person supportive of the policies of the Soviet Union or other authoritarian socialist governments.
“We established an integrated ship management company called MOL Tankship Management Ltd.”
“Kuwait Oil Tanker Company has put into service a new VLCC and named another as part of a strategy aimed at raising its tankship fleet to 30 by the end of next year.”
“Kirby is the largest inland tank barge operator in the United States and one of the largest coastal tankship and tankbarge operators in the United States.”