"tank car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tank cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tank car (plural tank cars)
  1. (rail transport) A railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases. Wikipedia link: tank car Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: tank wagon Coordinate_terms: tanker truck Translations (type of railway car): säiliövaunu (Finnish), wagon-citerne [masculine] (French), Kesselwagen [masculine] (German), Tankwaggon [masculine] (German), vagon-cisternă [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-tank_car-en-noun-8FYUVmkG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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