trailer
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈtreɪlər/
:
remolque
- The back of an 18-wheeler truck trailer, fully loaded and ready for transportation to an event.
- tractor-trailer
- truck and trailer
- trailer load
I wanted to build an overland style bike trailer out of two wheelbarrows.
- I wanted to build an overland style bike trailer out of two wheelbarrows.
- This truck has something called trailer theft alert.
- This semi trailer slides into opposing traffic.
- So we got another truck, couple other guys renting trailers.
Examples
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Hobie was silent as they drove past the trailer park and turned left onto the highway.
Fiction book (1991) -
This semi trailer slides into opposing traffic.
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So Cat was living in his trailer and me and Cat said hey man.
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Get me near this trailer.
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OK, Benjamin, we gotta go take this trailer load over.
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They lived in the trailer in a bad neck of town.
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Around the corner, they had some trailers back there.
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We are testing out towing a trailer with a Prius.
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The processed material is then loaded into walking floor transfer trailers and taken to the composting site.
Academic text (1997) -
The workers loaded the furniture into the trailer for the move to the new house.
Synonyms
130
4.5
A large truck that carries cars from one place to another
1
4.8
A heavy container on wheels only at the back that the truck holds at the front
1
2.8
A large truck or trailer that moves many cars to dealers
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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Etymology
Trailer comes from the word trail, which means 'to follow behind' or 'be pulled'. A goods trailer is a large vehicle that a truck pulls and so it 'trails' behind the truck, which is why we call it a trailer for carrying goods.