tank car

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   a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk

   Synonymstank

   Broaderfreight car

Questions about tank car

What does tank car mean?

tank car means "a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk".

What is another word for tank car?

Close synonyms include tank. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tank car a common word?

tank car is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.