trailer
293
2.6
- noun
- /ˈtreɪlər/
- US
:
casa móvil
- Her father lived in a trailer in Frostbrook, Florida.
- a trailer home
- live in a trailer
- a trailer park
He would repo trailers, like single wide trailers.
- He would repo trailers, like single wide trailers.
- There was an abandoned single wide trailer on the backside of the pigsty.
- People who live in trailers us, It's kind of fucking crazy, right?
- He was living in a little trailer on a river.
- So while I'm doing this movie, we live in this trailer.
- And we went from being, you know, trailer park kids, a truly living in a trailer, white trash rednecks.
- He gets the check, brings it home to his wife in their trailer.
Examples
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The shelter was small and compact, like the Shasta travel trailer we'd rented the previous summer.
Fiction book (1991) -
My parents are camping in a trailer in the middle of the desert right now.
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Oh, in town to buy this trailer for my truck.
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Well, go ahead and get your trailer ready, all right?
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And I got a trailer down here.
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His biggest decision was to rent an apartment, moving from the trailer he had been sharing.
Academic text (1995) -
Andrew lives with his father in a rundown trailer outside of town.
Academic text (2005) -
There was an abandoned single wide trailer on the backside of the pigsty.
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On the outskirts of town, there were little trailer parks, which put me in mind of Mamaw.
Fiction book (1990) -
My parents are camping in a trailer in the middle of the desert right now.
Synonyms
41
3.0
A vehicle with a small kitchen and sleeping area for traveling
31
2.8
A vehicle you live in on holiday pulled behind a car
1
2.8
A home on wheels that you tow behind a car
1
3.4
A trailer with beds and a small kitchen that people take on camping trips
Compounds
- US
46
3.3
A place where people rent spaces for homes on wheels that share water and electricity
- Australian
1
3.4
A trailer with beds and a small kitchen that people take on camping trips
- US
1
4.2
A place where people rent spaces for homes on wheels with water and electricity
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Morphology
Etymology
Trailer comes from the word trail, which means 'to follow behind' or 'be pulled'. A trailer for living is a small home that 'follows' a car because the car pulls it, so the origin explains why it is a vehicle you live in that is pulled behind another vehicle.