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trailer
- /ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today, that is trailing after the main feature.
noun trailers
- Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing. There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer.
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Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
the trailer of a plant
Similar: appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion
- An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle. At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.
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A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.
We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
Similar: camper, caravan, travel trailer
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A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.
Similar: mobile home
- A preview of a film, video game or TV show. The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.
- A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
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The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
The linked list terminates with a trailer record.
Similar: sentinel
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The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
Opposite: header
verb trailers · trailering · trailered
- To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer. The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mobile home, house trailer, camper trailer, container, queue, wake, inn, lodge, camper, pack, semi, suitcase, coupling, lowboy, vehicle, tow
Translations
Every language
noun part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object
| Deutsch | Anhängsel, Anhang, Ausleger |
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noun unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, with the exception of a caravan
| Español | remolque, acoplado, tráiler |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 트레일러 teureilleo |
| 日本語 | トレーラー torērā |
| 中文 | 拖車 /拖车 tuōchē |
| Português | reboque, trailer, atrelado |
| Français | remorque |
| Deutsch | Anhänger |
| Italiano | rimorchio |
| Ελληνικά | τρέιλερ tréiler, ρυμούλκα rymoúlka |
| Română | remorcă |
| Русский | прице́п pricép, тре́йлер trɛ́jler |
| Tiếng Việt | rơ-moóc |
| العربية | مَقْطُورَة maqṭūra |
| עברית | גרור garúr, נגרר nigrár |
noun furnished vehicle towed behind another, used as a dwelling when stationary
| Español | caravana, casa rodante, rulota, casilla |
|---|---|
| Português | caravana, rulote, roulotte, trailer |
| Français | roulotte, caravane |
| Deutsch | Wohnwagen |
| Italiano | roulotte, caravan |
| Română | rulotă |
| עברית | קרוון karaván |
noun prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not
| Français | mobile home |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Mobilheim, Wohncontainer |
| Italiano | casamobile |
| Română | rulotă |
| עברית | קרוון karaván |
noun preview of a film
| Español | avance, tráiler, trailer |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 예고편 yegopyeon, 트레일러 teureilleo |
| 日本語 | 予告編 yokokuhen, トレーラー torērā |
| 中文 | 預告 /预告 yùgào, 預告片 /预告片 yùgàopiàn |
| Português | trailer |
| Français | bande-annonce, trailer |
| Deutsch | Vorschau, Trailer |
| Italiano | trailer, anteprima, provino |
| Ελληνικά | τρέιλερ tréiler |
| Русский | тре́йлер trɛ́jler |
| العربية | تَشْوِيقَة tašwīqa |
| עברית | קדימון kdimón |
noun in computing: value used to signal the end of a list of data
| עברית | תווית סוף tavít sof |
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noun in networking: the last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence
| עברית | תווית סוף tavít sof |
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Talk about this word "trailer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/trailer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. trailer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/trailer "trailer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/trailer.Cite this
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title = {trailer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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