Trailer
noun
1.
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
2.
Also called travel trailer. a vehicle attached to an automobile and used as a mobile home or place of business, usually equipped with furniture, kitchen facilities, bathroom, etc.
Compare tent trailer.
3.
a person or thing that trails.
4.
a trailing plant.
5.
a short promotional film composed of clips showing highlights of a movie due for release in the near future.
6.
blank film at the end of a reel or strip of film, for winding off the film in a motion-picture camera or projector.
Compare leader (def 6).
7.
Ceramics. a can with a spout, used in slip trailing.
noun
1.
a road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle: used for transporting boats, etc
2.
the part of an articulated lorry that is drawn by the cab
3.
a series of short extracts from a film, used to advertise it in a cinema or on television
4.
a person or thing that trails
5.
(US & Canadian) a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) caravan
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- Trailer trash
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- Trailer-truck
noun 1. truck trailer. truck trailer noun, Automotive. 1. a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- Trailhead
noun 1. the point where a trail starts.