Meanings
nountank car (plural tank cars)
plural tank cars
- rail transportA railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases.
I saw livestock kept alive only because water had been brought to them long distances in tank cars.
1936 September 6, Franklin Roosevelt, 1:16 from the start, in Fireside Chat 8: On Farmers and Laborers, Miller CenterSynonyms: tank wagon, tanker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases.
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Translations
Finnish säiliövaunu
- säiliövaunutype of railway car
French wagon-citerne
- wagon-citernetype of railway car
German Kesselwagen, Tankwaggon
- Kesselwagentype of railway car
- Tankwaggontype of railway car
Polish cysterna kolejowa
- cysterna kolejowatype of railway car
Romanian vagon-cisternă
- vagon-cisternătype of railway car
Cite this entry
APA
tank car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tank%20car
MLA
“tank car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tank%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tank car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tank%20car.
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