1
: a nonautomotive vehicle designed to be hauled by road: such as
a
: a vehicle for transporting something
a boat trailer
especially
: semitrailer sense 1
b
: a vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a temporary dwelling or place of business
c
2
a
: a selected group of scenes that are shown to advertise a movie : preview sense 3
a theatrical trailer
b
: a short blank strip of film attached to the end of a reel
3
: one that trails
4
: a trailing plant
trailered; trailering; trailers
1
: to live or travel in or with a trailer
2
: to be transportable by trailer
a light boat that trailers easily
: to transport (something, such as a boat) by means of a trailer
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Examples of trailer in a Sentence
Noun
We helped them load the furniture onto the trailer.
the band packed their equipment back into their trailer and headed off to their next gig
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Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
However, Rockstar has yet to show a follow-up to last year’s debut trailer for the game which has racked up more than 225 million views on YouTube.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
Vernon and a wrangler from Tally Barn in Tularosa would trailer our horses into camp the next morning.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Elden Ring fans got quite the surprise at the 2024 Game Awards with the trailer debut of the new Elden Ring game coming soon.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2024
However, Rockstar has yet to show a follow-up to last year’s debut trailer for the game which has racked up more than 225 million views on YouTube.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
My family would trailer canoes up and over the parkway to Abrams Creek for camping trips—often with Mom behind the wheel, my siblings and I in tow, and Dad on his bicycle ahead of us.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
Vernon and a wrangler from Tally Barn in Tularosa would trailer our horses into camp the next morning.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Trailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trailer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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