Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index T tanker: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: tank•er Pronunciation: (tang'kur), [key] — n. a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases. a tank trailer or tank truck. —v.t. to transport by tanker. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: tanker (Thesaurus) tanked tank farm ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: dubitable Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language