Semi-trailer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.
- 2 Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Synonyms
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More examples"Tom had a microsleep while driving and narrowly missed an oncoming semi-trailer."
Etymology
From semi- + trailer.