Trailer

Quick meaning: Trailer is a noun meaning Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.

Meaning

Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.

More Meanings

1. Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
2. (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.
3. (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
4. A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
5. An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
6. (computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
7. (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.

Example Sentences

the trailer of a plant

We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.

The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.

At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.

Word Forms

• trailers
• trailering
• trailered

Synonyms for trailer

Depending on context, synonyms include appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion, camper.

Antonyms for trailer

Common opposites include header.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include container, queue, wake, inn, lodge, camper.

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