supertanker
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
supertanker (plural supertankers)
Usage notes edit
According to Wikipedia, an oil tanker must have the deadweight of over 250,000 tons to qualify as supertanker. In oil carrying capacity this means about 2 million barrels.
Translations edit
extremely large tanker
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun edit
supertanker m (plural supertankers)
Further reading edit
- “supertanker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.