semi-trailer
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semi-trailer
noun semi-trailers · semitrailer
- A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.
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Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it”).
Similar: articulated lorry, artic, 18-wheeler, juggernaut, truck and trailer
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noun trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end
| Español | semirremolque |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | セミトレーラー semitorērā |
| Português | semirreboque, carreta |
| Français | semi-remorque |
| Deutsch | Auflieger, Sattelauflieger |
| Italiano | semirimorchio |
| Română | semiremorcă |
| Русский | полуприце́п polupricép |
| Tiếng Việt | sơ mi rơ mooc, sơ-mi rơ-mooc |
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