semi-trailer trucks
Big rig vehicles
Semi-trailer trucks are large commercial vehicles consisting of a powered tractor unit pulling a detached trailer.
The trailer has no front axle and rests on the tractor's rear coupling, forming an articulated unit.
Often shortened to semis or semi-trucks in American English, or articulated lorries in British: A semi-trailer truck jackknifed on the interstate.
- big rigTractor-trailer combination
- semiLarge freight truck
- articulated lorryPivoting cab-and-trailer vehicle
- over-the-roadInterstate commercial trucking
- heavy-dutyBuilt for hard use
prime mover · fifth wheel · eighteen-wheeler · haulage · wide load · kingpin · tandem axle · weigh stations · jackknife · blind spot · bobtail · car carrier · deadhead · rest area · air brakes · jake brake · sleeper cab · cab
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Motorized two-wheeled vehicles
bicycles · mopeds · scooters · delivery vans · golf carts
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Vessels for transporting goods
freight trains · cargo planes · container ships · barges · pipelines
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Vehicles sized for households
passenger cars · sports cars · limousines · commuter cars · recreational vehicles
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