tank car

noun

Railroads. a car containing one or more tanks for the transportation of liquids, gases, or granular solids.

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

We also designed a tank car originally for the shipment of chlorpicrin and later used it for shipping sulphur monochloride.

To turn back, however, meant miles to water, and we had just sighted the tank car.

We had a canteen and were only five miles from a tank car with water in it!

Just ahead of our tank car, was a carload of valuable horses.

The Committee knows of no direct method for sampling a hard-frozen tank car of tallow in a satisfactory manner.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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