tank car
Noun
Meaning
tank car (plural tank cars)
(rail transport) A railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases.
Alternative names
tank-car
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Examples
By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.
According to chemical experts, 738 pounds of chlorine gas would be almost enough to fill a tank car.
As production increased, a tank car terminal was established in Munson.
The tank car carrying the metam sodium through California was of a type that the National Transportation Safety Board said had “a high incidence of failure” in accidents.
The Sheldon tank car plant employs about 350 people.