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Meaning of "tank truck" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TANK TRUCK

tæŋk trʌk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TANK TRUCK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tank truck is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TANK TRUCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tank truck

A tank truck or tanker truck or petrol tanker is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tank cars which are also designed to carry liquefied loads. Many variants exist due to the wide variety of liquids that can be transported. Tank trucks tend to be large; they may be insulated or non-insulated; pressurized or non-pressurized; and designed for single or multiple loads. Some are semi-trailer trucks. They are difficult to drive due to their high center of gravity.

Definition of tank truck in the English dictionary

The definition of tank truck in the dictionary is a large motor vehicle designed to carry loads of liquids, gases, or dry goods.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TANK TRUCK

awestruck · dumbstruck · lovestruck · moonstruck · starstruck · struck · sunstruck · supertruck · thunderstruck · towing-truck · truck · unstruck · wonderstruck

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TANK TRUCK

tank · tank car · tank engine · tank farmer · tank farming · tank locomotive · tank top · tank town · tank trap · tank up · tank wagon · tanka · tankage · tankard · tankbuster · tanker · tankful · Tankia · tanking · tankini

WORDS THAT END LIKE TANK TRUCK

cattle truck · dump truck · dumper truck · fire truck · flatbed truck · fork-lift truck · garbage truck · hand truck · Innsbruck · mail truck · milk truck · monster truck · pallet truck · panel truck · pick-up truck · refuse truck · sound truck · taxi truck · tipper truck · tow truck · trailer truck

Synonyms and antonyms of tank truck in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tank truck» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TANK TRUCK

Find out the translation of tank truck to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tank truck from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tank truck» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

油罐车
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

camión cisterna
570 millions of speakers
en

English

tank truck
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

टैंक ट्रक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شاحنة خزان
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

автоцистерна
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

caminhão-tanque
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ট্যাংক ট্রাক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

camion-citerne
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Trak tangki
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Tankwagen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

タンクローリー
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

탱크 트럭
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tank truck
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xe bồn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தொட்டி டிரக்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

टाकी ट्रक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Tanker kamyonu
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

camion cisterna
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

autocysterna
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

автоцистерна
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

camion autocisterna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βυτίο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tenkvragmotor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tankbil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tankbil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tank truck

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TANK TRUCK»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of tank truck
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tank truck

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TANK TRUCK»

Discover the use of tank truck in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tank truck and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Role of Human Factors in Preventing Cargo Tank Truck Rollovers
The research focuses on three critical areas of practice that can be quickly implemented and will have long-lasting benefits for motor carriers of all sizes across the tank truck industry. These areas of practice, examined through case studies, ...
‎2012
2
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, ...
Tank truck and package van drivers often work alone and may have to travel great distances for a number of days to deliver their loads. They work both day and night and in all sorts of weather conditions. Manoeuvring super-sized tank trucks ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
3
Chassis, Truck, M44, M44A1, M44A2, M45, M45A1, M45A2, ...
(D Fresh air masks will be worn with air supplied by a displacement air blower, with the air blower placed in a position so the blower air intake is on the windward side of the tank manhole opening. The displacement air blower will be operated ...
‎1992
4
An assessment of the risk of transporting propane by truck ...
Listing of Gate Logic Rectangle Labels for Propane Tank Truck Transportation Fault Tree A 1 PR0PANE RELEASED FR0M TANK TRUCK DURING TRANSPORT A 10 PROPANE RELEASED FR0M TANK TRUCK DURING N0RMAL ...
C. A. Geffen, W. B. Andrews, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, 1980
5
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau, 1980
6
Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
The regulations prescribed under section 5703(a)(1) of this title shall include provisions prohibiting a person from — (1) using, offering for use, or arranging for the use of a tank truck, rail tank car, or cargo tank used in motor vehicle or rail ...
House, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, 2002
7
Center for Chemical Process Safety - 19th Annual ...
6/02 Kaohsiung Tank truck Overturn and release of Coordinate the response; allocate County transport company ethylene glycol monobutyl resources to recover the tank truck ether and remove contaminated soil. 7/02 Changhwa Tank truck ...
Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), 2010
8
Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Engines, Fuel & Computerized ...
... flange fitted to the tank. It consists of a float and arm connected to a variable resistor whose function it is to control current flow to a cab gauge proportionally with fuel tank level. Most older dual fuel tank truck chassis in which the tanks were ...
Sean Bennett, 2012
9
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40,: Protection of ...
(2) The owner or operator shall require the tank identification number to be recorded as each gasoline tank truck is loaded at the affected facility. (3)(i) The owner or operator shall cross-check each tank identification number obtained in ...
‎2011
10
Design Fires in Road Tunnels
It was noted that tank truck operators may have a more favorable accident history than general truck operators. 2. Few truck accidents resulted in fires (1.7% of all truck accidents). Hazardous material tank trucks had a 70% higher ...
Igor Y. Maevski, 2011

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TANK TRUCK»

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1
Mexico City Children's Hospital disaster: Gas tank truck explodes …
Dozens have been injured — and at least two believed dead — in a Thursday morning gas tank truck explosion outside a maternity and children's hospital in ... «Washington Times, Jan 15»
2
743 pounds of marijuana found in septic tank truck, Arizona police say
(CNN) -- In a messy drug bust this week, investigators uncovered more than 700 pounds of marijuana stuffed in a septic tank truck full of human waste, Arizona ... «CNN, Jan 10»
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