tractor-trailer
[ trak-ter-trey-ler ]
/ ˈtræk tərˈtreɪ lər /
noun
a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.
Words nearby tractor-trailer
tractive effort, tractive force, tractor, tractor feed, tractor pull, tractor-trailer, tractorfeed, tractotomy, tractrix, tracy, trad
Compare rig(def 8).
Also called semitrailer, semitruck.
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Examples from the Web for tractor-trailer
In 2004, Afghan security forces stumbled on a cache of heroin hidden in tractor-trailer outside Kandahar.