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English
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈtreɪlə/, SAMPA: /"treIl@/
- (US) enPR: trāʹlər, IPA: /ˈtreɪlɚ/, SAMPA: /"treIl@`/
- Rhymes: -eɪlə(r)
Etymology
Noun
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Singular trailer |
Plural trailers |
trailer (plural trailers)
- (Australian, New Zealand, US) A small vehicle, usually open-topped, towed behind another, and used for carrying equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
- At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.
- (British) Any vehicle designed to be towed, with the exception of a caravan.
- (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.
- We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
- (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination, but typically is permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
- The young couple's first home was in a trailer.
- (mainly US, media) A preview of a film or TV show.
- The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.
- (computing) A usually invalid value used to signal the end of a list of data, often sorting last alphabetically ("ZZZZZ") or numerically ("99999") among all possible valid values; especially common in punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
- The linked list terminates with a trailer record.
- someone or something that trails
- (networking) the last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence
- The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
Usage notes
- In Australia and the UK, trailer in the sense of "preview of a film" is gaining currency over preview due to US influence.
Synonyms
- (vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment):
- (vehicle towed behind another, other than a caravan):
- (furnished vehicle towed behind another, used as a dwelling when stationary): camper (US), camper van, caravan (UK), mobile home
- (prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not): mobile home
- (preview of a film): preview, teaser
- (in computing: value used to signal the end of a list of data): sentinel
Antonyms
- (in networking): header
Derived terms
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Verb
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Infinitive to trailer |
Third person singular trailers |
Simple past trailered |
Past participle trailered |
Present participle trailering |
to trailer (third-person singular simple present trailers, present participle trailering, simple past and past participle trailered)
- To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.
- The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.
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