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).

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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.

    Karzai Family Secrets |Gerald Posner |September 27, 2009 |DAILY BEAST