tractor-trailer
Big rig truck
A tractor-trailer is a large truck consisting of a cab (the tractor) pulling a detachable cargo container (the trailer).
The combination can haul heavy freight over long distances.
Also called a semi, semi-truck, eighteen-wheeler, or big rig: A tractor-trailer jackknifed on the icy highway.
Large freight truck
- big rigTractor-trailer combination
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- cabVehicle for hire
sleeper · Kenworth · Peterbilt · Volvo · Scania · articulated lorry · fifth wheel · kingpin
Major road for travel
- interstateBetween political regions
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- truckerCommercial freight driver
long-haul · cross-country · diesel · mileage · logbook · hours of service · weigh station · rest stop
Transported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- loadCarried weight or burden
- goodsThings for sale
- palletStackable freight platform
container · logistics · consignment · delivery · distribution · warehousing · intermodal · bulk
semi
Large freight truck
- big rigTractor-trailer combination
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
cab · sleeper · Kenworth · Peterbilt · Volvo · Scania · articulated lorry · fifth wheel · kingpin · tandem axle
highway
Major road for travel
- interstateBetween political regions
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
trucker · long-haul · cross-country · diesel · mileage · logbook · hours of service · weigh station · rest stop · truck stop
cargo
Transported goods
pallet · container · logistics · consignment · delivery · distribution · warehousing · intermodal · bulk · lading
flatbed
Open-topped hauling vehicle
- dry vanUnrefrigerated enclosed freight trailer
- reeferCannabis cigarette, dated slang
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
lowboy · hopper · car hauler · double · triple · oversized · hazmat · refrigerated
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
- heavy vehiclessemi truck, semi-truck, eighteen-wheeler, 18-wheeler, big rig
- truckstruck, pickup truck, dump truck, semi truck, semi-truck
- heavy hauloversize load, oversized load, wide load, heavy hauler, pilot car
- rigsoil rig, drilling rig, offshore rig, big rig, camera rig
tractor-trailercompact car
Small fuel-efficient automobile
subcompact · Smart car · Mini Cooper · motorcycle · moped
tractor-trailerfamily car
Household transportation vehicle
passenger car · commuter car · passenger vehicle · sports car · convertible
tractor-trailerhand cart
Manual wheeled carrier
bicycle courier · wheelbarrow · pack mule · backpack · cargo ship
trail, contract, attract, extract, tractor, distract, trailer, subtract, trailing