Sentence examples for tractor-trailer from inspiring English sources

The word "tractor-trailer" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a large truck with a large trailer attached to it. For example, "We had to wait for a tractor-trailer to pass before we could continue down the road."

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tractor-trailer

noun

A large truck consisting of an engine and cab section (the tractor) and a cargo carrying semi-trailer or trailer.

synonyms

articulated lorry

semi

eighteen-wheeler

Exact(47)

Licensed tractor-trailer driver.

The New York Times

"A tractor-trailer?" Mr. Smith exclaimed.

The New York Times

He does not drive a tractor-trailer.

The New York Times

"A tractor-trailer hit a buffalo, and it tore that tractor-trailer right up".

The New York Times

Two refrigerated tractor-trailer units were parked out front.

The New Yorker

— a tractor-trailer full of fresh wool blankets.

The New York Times

Similar(12)

Many tractor trailer drivers disagree.

The New York Times

A tractor trailer can only carry about 20 tonnes.

The Guardian

The tractor trailer was halted in a routine traffic stop.

The New York Times

The archive — weighing twenty thousand pounds in all — came to the center in a tractor trailer.

The New Yorker

(a) SF columns and (b) trajectory of the tractor- trailer.

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