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SUPERTANKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supertanker mean?
• SUPERTANKER (noun)
The noun SUPERTANKER has 1 sense:
1. the largest class of oil tankers
Familiarity information: SUPERTANKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest class of oil tankers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("supertanker" is a kind of...):
oil tanker; oiler; tank ship; tanker (a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk)
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