tanker truck

collocation in English

meaningsoftankerandtruck

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tanker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtæŋ.kər/us
/ˈtæŋ.kɚ/
a ship or vehicle that is built to carry liquid ...
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truck
noun
uk
/trʌk/us
/trʌk/
a large road vehicle that is used for transporting large amounts ...
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(Definition oftankerandtruckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Not improved water supplies include: unprotected well; unprotected spring; vendor-provided water; bottled water;tankertruck-provided water.
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His family's station wagon was in a collision with atankertruck.
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The trucking company had inadequately washed thetankertruckafter transporting raw, unpasteurized eggs.
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The set included a four-door sedan, a two-door, and atankertruck.
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His car was hit by atankertruckin the accident.
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The fight continues, and eventually the two men run off as atankertruckslides and crashes into a diner, causing an explosion.
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A pickup truck has struck thetankertruck, and is smoking (but not actually on fire); the pickup's passenger is unconscious.
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They are separated by water blast from a watercannon mounted on a large watertankertruckand put in separate small pens while a partition is built dividing their enclosure.
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Distribution to larger users (such as drive-through oil change shops) is often in bulk, bytankertruckor in 1 oilbbl drums.
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Fuel for these generators was stored on site and was delivered bytankertruck, though in the past it was delivered directly by ship.
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The fire department owns six items of wheeled apparatus: one fire engine, onetankertruck, two brush trucks, an air/power/light trailer and one light rescue vehicle.
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As a result of the low water pressure, firefighters began taking a one thousand gallontankertruckwith them when they went on calls.
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Today the railway has three works wagons - a general works truck, atankertruck, and an air compressor wagon.
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In addition, the tight turns and steep inclines along the route led to numerous fatal crashes, including two milktankertruckcrashes in the mid-1950s.
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When the police scattered, the insurgent fighters removed the roadblock and atankertruckrigged with explosives detonated next to the three-story building, tearing off its facade.
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The original building was a two bay building that housed a fire engine and atankertruck.
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A gasolinetankertruckrefilling underground tanks at a nearby filling station overfilled a tank, spilling gasoline which ran down into the bridge.
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They were driving atankertruck.
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The scenes within the game vary, and include helicopters, on foot, mid-air, underwater, water-skis and behind the wheels of atankertruck.
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