Did you perhaps mean semitrailer?
Definitions
Etymologies
- semi- + trailer (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He looks out the window at the semi-trailer trucks whizzing by on the highway.”
“A semi-trailer parked outside Town Hall is filling up with donated water, clothing, household goods and food.”
“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.”
“One way to think about it is to think about a large machine such as a semi-trailer truck.”
“The typical semi-trailer truck guzzles 20,000 gallons of diesel annually and uses the same roads day after day.”
“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.”
USA Today: AP: Truck firm in train wreck had safety citations
“To assess the problem, the Institute conducted six crash tests evaluating three semi-trailer rear guards that comply with U.S. safety standards, two of which also comply with stricter Canadian standards.”
Consumer Reports: IIHS study finds safety flaws in tractor-trailer trucks
“At a makeshift morgue outside of Joplin, Mo., the bodies of more than 100 people are in the parking lot, in semi-trailer trucks refrigerated to 35 degrees.”
“The 65-year-old driver of the Volvo got out of his car and was struck and killed by a passing semi-trailer.”
The Huffington Post: I-70 Accident: 2 Die In Crash West Of Denver
“Overall orders for durable goods — long-lasting items ranging from semiconductor chips to semi-trailer trucks — rose 0.5% to a seasonally adjusted $178.12 billion.”
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TRAN - road transport
Vocabulary of road transport and roadworthiness
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