trailer

[ trey-ler ]
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noun
  1. a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.: Compare full trailer, semitrailer.

  2. Also called travel trailer. a vehicle attached to an automobile and used as a mobile home or place of business, usually equipped with furniture, kitchen facilities, bathroom, etc.: Compare tent trailer.

  1. a person or thing that trails.

  2. a trailing plant.

  3. a short promotional film composed of clips showing highlights of a movie due for release in the near future.

  4. blank film at the end of a reel or strip of film, for winding off the film in a motion-picture camera or projector.: Compare leader (def. 6).

  5. Ceramics. a can with a spout, used in slip trailing.

Origin of trailer

1
First recorded in 1580–90; trail + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for trailer

trailer

/ (ˈtreɪlə) /


noun
  1. a road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle: used for transporting boats, etc

  2. the part of an articulated lorry that is drawn by the cab

  1. a series of short extracts from a film, used to advertise it in a cinema or on television

  2. a person or thing that trails

  3. US and Canadian a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): caravan

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