Semi-tractor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Semi-tractor is a noun meaning The tractor component of a semi-trailer truck or articulated lorry.
Meaning
The tractor component of a semi-trailer truck or articulated lorry.
Example Sentences
Some people think diesel fuel is only used in semi-tractors (Figure 9.3) or heavy equipment.
The fleet has 48 semi-tractors and 164 trailers that transport 110,000 tons of parts and supplies annually over 1 million miles of roads.
Security seal use applies when carrying merchandise in semi-truck trailers (highway trailers) pulled by semi-tractors and when railroad flatcars carry the trailers, the latter referred to as piggyback (piggybacking).
Word Forms
- semi-tractors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tractor-trailer, tractor, semi, truck, bobtail, transport.
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