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.
Also called
semitrailer,
semitruck.
Compare
rig(def 8).
Words nearby tractor-trailer
tractive effort,
tractive force,
tractor,
tractor feed,
tractor pull,
tractor-trailer,
tractorfeed,
tractotomy,
tractrix,
tracy,
trad
Example sentences from the Web for tractor-trailer
In 2004, Afghan security forces stumbled on a cache of heroin hidden in tractor-trailer outside Kandahar.