trailer (redirected from trailerable)

trail·er  (trlr)

n.

1. A large transport vehicle designed to be hauled by a truck or tractor.

2. A furnished vehicle drawn by a truck or automobile and used when parked as a dwelling or office.

3.

a. A short filmed advertisement for a movie; a preview.

b. A short, blank strip of film at the end of a reel.

v. trail·ered, trail·er·ing, trail·ers

v.tr.

To transport by a trailer: trailered the boat to the beach.

v.intr.

To travel or live in a trailer.

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trailer·a·ble adj.

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trailer

Noun

1. a road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle and used for carrying goods, transporting boats, etc.: ahead of us was a tractor, drawing a trailer laden with dung

2. the rear section of an articulated lorry

3. an extract or series of extracts from a film, TV or radio programme, used to advertise it

4. US & Canad same as caravan (sense 1)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trailer - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind dawdler, laggard, lagger, poke, drone do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" lingerer, loiterer - someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder - someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" potterer, putterer - a person who putters about straggler, strayer - someone who strays or falls behind
	2.	trailer - an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future preview, prevue ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing - a public promotion of some product or service
	3.	trailer - a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor car carrier - a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation semitrailer, semi - a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle articulated lorry, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig, rig, semi - a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
	4.	trailer - a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy house trailer camper trailer - a trailer equipped for occupancy (especially for holiday trips) manufactured home, mobile home - a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"

Translations

trailer [ˈtreɪləʳ] n (AUT) → remolque m (= caravan); caravana;

(CINE) → trailer m; avance m

trailer [ˈtreɪləʳ] trail n (Aut) → remorque f;

(US) → caravane f;

(Cine) → bande-annonce f

trailer [ˈtreɪləʳ] trail n (Aut) → Anhänger m;

(US) (= caravan); Caravan m, Wohnwagen m;

(Cine, TV) → Trailer m

trailer [ˈtreɪləʳ] n (AUT) → rimorchio;

(US) → roulotte f inv;

(CINE) → prossimamente m inv