Meanings
nountank wagon (plural tank wagons)
plural tank wagons
- Commonwealthrail transportA rail wagon designed to transport liquids or gases.
Pending the installation of four 7,000-gal. diesel fuel tanks, temporary refuelling facilities have been provided by the adaptation of a 3,000-gal. oil tank wagon.
1956 October, “Recent changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662 - USuncommonA wagon with a tank body, for hauling liquid.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Danish tankvogn
- tankvognvehicle
Dutch ketelwagen
- ketelwagenvehicle
Finnish tankkiauto
- tankkiautovehicle
French wagon-citerne
- wagon-citernevehicle
German Tankfahrzeug, Tankwagen
- Tankfahrzeugvehicle
- Tankwagenvehicle
Polish cysterna kolejowa
- cysterna kolejowavehicle
Romanian autocisternă
- autocisternăvehicle
Russian ваго́н-цисте́рна, цисте́рна
- ваго́н-цисте́рна (vagón-cistérna)vehicle
- цисте́рна (cistérna)vehicle
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APA
tank wagon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tank%20wagon
MLA
“tank wagon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tank%20wagon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tank wagon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tank%20wagon.
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