trailer
Other forms: trailers
A trailer is a wheeled vehicle that can't move on its own — it needs to be pulled by a car, truck, or other vehicle. Some bike-riding parents tow their small children behind them in bicycle trailers.
The trailer you might put a boat on, hitching it to your truck, trails behind the vehicle that's pulling it. Another meaning of trailer is a film preview or advertisement that theaters show before a movie. It might seem strange to call it a trailer when it comes first, but the earliest trailers, at the start of the 20th century, came after the movie, trailing it.
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a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractortypes:car carriera trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agenciessemi, semitrailera trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicletype of:
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a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancysynonyms: house trailertypes:camper trailera trailer equipped for occupancy (especially for holiday trips)manufactured home, mobile homea large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housingtype of:wheeled vehiclea vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
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an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near futuretype of:ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizinga public promotion of some product or service
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someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
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Vocabulary lists containing trailer
While shopping for groceries, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni finds a dog that will change her life.
Prepare for the IELTS exam with this list of words related to film and literature.
In Ibi Zoboi's debut novel, a young Haitian immigrant tries to make a new life for herself in Detroit.