tractor-trailer trucking
1tractor-trailer — ☆ tractor trailer [trak′tərtrā′lər ] n. a combination of a TRACTOR (sense 2) and a trailer or semitrailer, used in trucking …
2tractor-trailer — /trak teuhr tray leuhr/, n. a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer. Also called semitrailer, semitruck. Cf. rig1 (def. 10). * * * noun, pl ers [count] US : ↑semitrailer 2 * * * ˈtractor… …
3tractor trailer — noun a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together • Syn: ↑trailer truck, ↑trucking rig, ↑rig, ↑articulated lorry, ↑semi • Hypernyms: ↑truck, ↑motortruck …
4tractor-trailer — /trak teuhr tray leuhr/, n. a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer. Also called semitrailer, semitruck. Cf. rig1 (def. 10). * * * …
5tractor-trailer — trac′tor trail′er n. trs a trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer • Etymology: 1945–50 …
6trailer truck — noun a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together • Syn: ↑tractor trailer, ↑trucking rig, ↑rig, ↑articulated lorry, ↑semi • Hypernyms: ↑truck, ↑motortruck …
7Tractor — This article is about a vehicle used in agriculture or construction. For the power unit of a semi trailer truck (articulated lorry), see tractor unit. For other uses, see Tractor (disambiguation) …
8trucking rig — noun a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together • Syn: ↑trailer truck, ↑tractor trailer, ↑rig, ↑articulated lorry, ↑semi • Hypernyms: ↑truck, ↑motortruck …
9tandem trailer — noun trucking rig with two trailers in tandem • Hypernyms: ↑trailer truck, ↑tractor trailer, ↑trucking rig, ↑rig, ↑articulated lorry, ↑semi * * * 1. Also called double bottom, double trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor… …
10Trucking industry in the United States — The trucking industry (also referred to as the transportation or logistics industry) is the transport and distribution of commercial and industrial goods using commercial motor vehicles (CMV). In this case, CMVs are most often trucks; usually a… …
