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semi-trailer

noun

Etymology

From semi- + trailer.

  1. derived from tragula — “dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”
  2. derived from *tragulāre✻ — “to drag”
  3. derived from trailler — “to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry”
  4. inherited from trailen
  5. suffixed as trailer — “trail + er”
  6. prefixed as semi-trailer — “semi + trailer”

Definitions

  1. A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be…

    A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.

  2. Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a…

    Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it”).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at semi-trailer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at semi-trailer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at semi-trailer

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA