semi-tractor

semi-tractor
The engine, operators cabin, and hitch, together called the tractor, of a "semi-tractor trailer", comprising the forward part, which tows a trailer hitched thereto; a "semi" <! pronounced sim-my, a trailer truck, a tractor trailer, an eighteen wheeler. Sometimes two and as many as three trailers may be towed. The trailer often is enclosed, refrigerated, etc.

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