semitrailer
Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached.: Compare full trailer.
Origin of semitrailer
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use semitrailer in a sentence
My father-in-law and I puttered and pounded, strengthened and tightened, until we felt our semi-trailer was in good-enough order.
Growing Nuts in the North | Carl Weschcke
British Dictionary definitions for semitrailer
/ (ˌsɛmɪˈtreɪlə) /
a type of trailer or articulated lorry that has wheels only at the rear, the front end being supported by the towing vehicle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse