Definitions
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- noun A
trailer without afront axle and withwheels only at thetrailing end, designed to be pulled via apivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight. - noun A
tractor-trailer orbig rig : a semi-trailer plus thetruck ortractor pulling it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The typical semi-trailer truck guzzles 20,000 gallons of diesel annually and uses the same roads day after day.
Natural-Gas Trucks Face Long Haul Jeffrey Ball 2011
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The truck driver, a conductor and four others on the train were killed in the wreck in which a semi-trailer truck slammed into two passenger cars 70 miles east of Reno.
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One way to think about it is to think about a large machine such as a semi-trailer truck.
Ronen Paldi: When It Comes to Planning That Dream Vacation, Smaller May Be Better Ronen Paldi 2011
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One way to think about it is to think about a large machine such as a semi-trailer truck.
Ronen Paldi: When It Comes to Planning That Dream Vacation, Smaller May Be Better Ronen Paldi 2011
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One way to think about it is to think about a large machine such as a semi-trailer truck.
Ronen Paldi: When It Comes to Planning That Dream Vacation, Smaller May Be Better Ronen Paldi 2011
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It would be like trying to upgrade a Smart car to pull a semi-trailer; it would be more cost-effective to simply build the tractor you need.
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A semi-trailer parked outside Town Hall is filling up with donated water, clothing, household goods and food.
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He looks out the window at the semi-trailer trucks whizzing by on the highway.
Me and Ezra Pound, Back Home Again in Indiana Con Chapman 2012
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The typical semi-trailer truck guzzles 20,000 gallons of diesel annually and uses the same roads day after day.
T. Boone Pickens: Get With the Plan T. Boone Pickens 2011
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One way to think about it is to think about a large machine such as a semi-trailer truck.
Ronen Paldi: When It Comes to Planning That Dream Vacation, Smaller May Be Better Ronen Paldi 2011
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