SEMITRAILER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semitrailer mean? 

• SEMITRAILER (noun)
  The noun SEMITRAILER has 1 sense:

1. a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle

  Familiarity information: SEMITRAILER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMITRAILER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

semi; semitrailer

Hypernyms ("semitrailer" is a kind of...):

trailer (a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor)

Holonyms ("semitrailer" is a part of...):

articulated lorry; rig; semi; tractor trailer; trailer truck; trucking rig (a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together)