tractor-trailer

American  

[trak-ter-trey-ler] / ˈtræk tərˈtreɪ lər /

noun

1. a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.

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Example Sentences

The culprit’s tractor-trailer had the real trucking company’s name and trailer number on the side, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

County Superior Court that the tractor-trailer drivers’ conduct was “grossly negligent” — and that “lax security” by the company allowed the theft to occur.

From Los Angeles Times

The company alleged in the suit that the figure was drawn from manifests signed by its jeweler customers ahead of the tractor-trailer’s departure from San Mateo.

From Los Angeles Times

By doing the reduction work close to the disaster site, debris that initially filled three or four dump trucks can be consolidated into one large semi tractor-trailer load.

From Los Angeles Times

A few years later, in June 2014, Morgan was involved in a five-vehicle crash with a Wal-Mart tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike.

From Los Angeles Times