Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

air tanker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: air -tanker
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air, usually either fuel, fire-retardants, or water.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: waterbomber (broadly synonymous)"
"In this, the airliner made contact with an air tanker and "topped up" its incompletely filled tanks with fuel enough for the contemplated journey."
"Sometime later, they made a rendezvous with a Victor air tanker for a top-up of fuel and then resumed patrol while the tanker headed back."
"If the only air tanker available is 300 miles away, it can still be over your fire in a fairly short period of time."

Inflected Forms

air tankers (plural)

Derived Forms

AT LAT VLAT

Phrases

tanker aircraft

Frequently Paired Words

tanker aircraft airtanker

Synonyms

AT waterbomber[Appendix:Glossary

Questions

What does air tanker mean?: An aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air, usually either fuel, fire-retardants, or water.

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