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.

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Nearby words

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.
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