# supertanker

Pronunciation: US say "SOO-per-tang-ker" /ˈsupɚˌtæŋkɚ/; UK say "SOO-puh-tang-kuh" /ˈsuːpəˌtæŋkə/

## Noun

1. An extremely large tanker ship, built to transport huge volumes of oil or other liquids over long ocean voyages.
   - Simple: A very large ship built to carry oil across the ocean.
   - _A loaded supertanker needs several miles of open water to come to a complete stop._
   - _The crew aboard the supertanker spent weeks at sea hauling crude oil between continents._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix "super-" combined with "tanker."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/supertanker (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).