supertanker
pronunciation
How to pronounce supertanker in British English:
UK [ˈsu:pətæŋkə(r)]
How to pronounce supertanker in American English:
US [ˈsupərtæŋkə(r)]
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- Noun:
- the largest class of oil tankers
Word Origin
- supertanker (n.)
- 1921, from super- + tanker.
Example
- 1. Demography is like a supertanker ; it takes decades to turn around .
- 2. So far , however , there is little evidence that mr obama is shifting the china supertanker .
- 3. Expert estimation , supertanker gross achieves 60 or so only , ability satisfies the carriage requirement of entrance of our country crude oil .
- 4. After somali pirates shook the international maritime community on tuesday , hijacking a saudi supertanker with more than $ 100 million worth of crude oil , the indian navy has struck back , the christian science monitor reported .
- 5. In august a russian supertanker , the vladimir tokohonov , aided by two nuclear icebreakers , became the first such vessel to cross the north-east route ( or , as russians refer to it , the northern sea route ) , hugging the siberian coast .