trailer

[ trey-ler ]

/ ˈtreɪ lər /

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noun

a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.Compare full trailer, semitrailer.

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.

a person or thing that trails.

a trailing plant.

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

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).

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

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Origin of trailer

First recorded in 1580–90; trail + -er¹

Words nearby trailer

trail bike, trailblaze, trailblazer, trailboard, trail boss, trailer, trailer camp, trailer car, trailer park, trailer trash, trailhead

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Example sentences from the Web for trailer

It’s been about a year since my husband and I decided to move out of our city apartment to travel full-time in a trailer, exploring the country and visiting as many national parks as possible.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
After the changes were implemented, they left them in trailers outside the distribution center to be sorted the following day.
Info About Local Post Office Operations Is Conflicting and Hard to Come By|Ashly McGlone and Kate Nucci|August 27, 2020|Voice of San Diego
You can watch the trailer here to check if you’re up for it before streaming the whole thing on Hulu.
This Weekend: You’ll Never Bathe the Same Way Again|Joshua Eferighe|August 21, 2020|Ozy
Shortly before the pandemic began, the Okoa Project had expanded to Sissala East, where it had hired a team of local engineers and begun building ambulance trailers configured to attach to motorbikes.
Tackling covid|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review

A Canadian-born female known as 5Fg, for instance, was the first wolf carried out of the trailers in Yellowstone and set free into the wild in March.
How Yellowstone wolves got their own Ancestry.com page|Susan Milius|July 21, 2020|Science News
After the release of the trailer for the special last week, TLC received a requisite and perhaps well-deserved tongue-lashing.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Production expenses: equipment rental, lights, lighting board, van rental, trailer rental, road cases, backline.
How Much Money Does a Band Really Make on Tour?|Jack Conte|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The crime-fighting penguins, says the trailer, are “masters of the skies, espionage, and aerial assault.”
Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And then I saw the trailer to Nightcrawler and texted him again and said, “Wow, you inspire me every day.”
Anna Kendrick on Feminism, #GamerGate, and the Celebrity Hacking Attack|Marlow Stern|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Banks grew up far from the trailer park—up on 152nd St. and Amsterdam in Harlem.
Azealia Banks Opens Up About Her Journey from Stripping to Rap Stardom|Marlow Stern|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I made the cash deposit to secure the return of the trailer.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
There were several instances in which I had to intervene when Oswald picked up some of Mrs. Hall's things to place in the trailer.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
"And when Gramma's rested, we can pull the trailer and kind of hike along toward them apples," Grandpa said stoutly.
Across the Fruited Plain|Florence Crannell Means
Merle recoiled, but the grip of the trailer was not to be broken.
Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia|Author of "Old Broadbrim"
Say much more, young man, and I'll take you out in the trailer.
The Rebellion of Margaret|Geraldine Mockler

British Dictionary definitions for trailer

trailer

/ (ˈtreɪlə) /

noun

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

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

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

a person or thing that trails

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

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