Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

semitrailer

[sem-i-tray-ler] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtreɪ lər /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Filling up his seven tractors, two semitrailer trucks and a combine harvester for the year cost about $11,500 in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

From inside the shop, Zapata watched a semitrailer truck slowly turn and block the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Dash-camera and body-camera video released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows troopers with their lights and sirens on following a semitrailer before the truck stops.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023

Photos sent by the city showed downed power lines on rain-soaked streets, as well as toppled trees, damaged buildings and a semitrailer that appeared to have been tossed around a parking lot.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

They weren’t in the fifth-wheel or the semitrailer.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

A few years ago, Bud Bosch noticed semitrailers occasionally rumbling along the two-lane rural road by his property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

The Chinese rocket stage is massive — weighing 22 metric tons and measuring as long as a pair of 53-foot semitrailers parked end to end, Muelhaupt said.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022

The first pileup started in the southbound lanes, “then migrated to the northbound lanes,” Kinder said, snaring 47 vehicles — including several semitrailers — in the wreckage.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2022

“Send your semitrailers home,” Ms. Freeland told protesters.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022

The strong winds also whipped up dust that reduced visibility to zero west of Wakeeney, Kansas, the state Department of Transportation said, and caused at least four semitrailers to blow over.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2021


Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com