Supertanker

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tank ship \Tank ship\, Tank vessel \Tank vessel\ . (Naut.)
     A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other
     liquid in bulk; -- called also {tanker}. A tank ship of very
     large capacity is called a {supertanker}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supertanker
       n : the largest class of oil tankers