18-wheeler
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18-wheeler
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From the total number of wheels: two front steering wheels on the tractor, plus dual wheels on each end of two axles (total of 8) at the rear of the tractor and supporting the front of the trailer, plus dual wheels on two axles at the rear of the trailer.
noun 18-wheelers · eighteen-wheeler
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A big rig truck: a semi-trailer plus the truck or tractor pulling it.
On a cold morning in Abilene, Texas, a column of 18-wheelers crawls down bumpy, waterlogged roads, past cattle grazing on dusty shrubs.
Similar: semi-trailer truck, semi truck, semi, articulated lorry, artic, big rig, juggernaut, tractor-trailer, truck and trailer
Talk about this word "18-wheeler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/18-wheeler. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. 18-wheeler. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/18-wheeler "18-wheeler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/18-wheeler.Cite this
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