tank car

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tank car

noun tank cars

A railroad car or rolling stock designed to transport liquids or gases. I saw livestock kept alive only because water had been brought to them long distances in tank cars.
Similar: tank wagon, tanker

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noun type of railway car

Français	wagon-citerne
Deutsch	Kesselwagen, Tankwaggon
Română	vagon-cisternă

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@misc{tank_car_2026,
  title = {tank car},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tank%20car},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}