semitrailer
Americannoun
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semitrailers
plural
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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.
noun
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Filling up his seven tractors, two semitrailer trucks and a combine harvester for the year cost about $11,500 in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
It’s over 8 feet tall, nearly 11 feet wide and travels by 53-foot semitrailer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Overturned semitrailer trucks were reported in Newton and Sedgwick counties, the office said.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
Dash-camera and body-camera video released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows troopers with their lights and sirens on following a semitrailer before the truck stops.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
They weren’t in the fifth-wheel or the semitrailer.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
The rule applies to a wide range of trucks including box trucks, semitrailers and even large passenger pick-ups.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
A few years ago, Bud Bosch noticed semitrailers occasionally rumbling along the two-lane rural road by his property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
“Send your semitrailers home,” Ms. Freeland told protesters.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
The strong winds also whipped up dust that reduced visibility to zero west of Wakeeney, Kansas, the state Department of Transportation said, and caused at least four semitrailers to blow over.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Convoy of Hope, an international faith-based nonprofit that helps disaster victims, sent semitrailers full of relief supplies to Kentucky to deliver to those affected by the tornadoes.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2021
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