Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tanker_plane

1 sense of tanker plane

Sense 1
tanker plane -- (an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire)
       => airplane, aeroplane, plane -- (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane")