trailer
/ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/
An unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle; Someone who or something that trails; something that is trailing; Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object
- plural
- trailers
Meanings
- 1
An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle
Mary lives in a trailer.
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Have you seen the trailer?
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- 2
Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing
- 3
Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object
- 4
A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary
- 5
A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes
- 6
A preview of a film, video game or TV show
- 7
A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projectorrare
- 8
The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer cardrare
- 9
The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequencerare