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18-wheelers

18-wheelers is the plural of 18-wheeler.

Meaning of 18-wheeler

Noun

18-wheeler (plural 18-wheelers)

  1. A big rig truck: a semi-trailer plus the truck or tractor pulling it.
    • On a cold morning in Abilene, Texas, a column of 18-wheelers crawls down bumpy, waterlogged roads, past cattle grazing on dusty shrubs.2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in Time

Questions about 18-wheelers

What is 18-wheelers the plural of?
18-wheelers is the plural of 18-wheeler.

Words near 18-wheelers in the dictionary

  1. 18+
  2. 18-crown-6
  3. 18-gon
  4. 18-gons
  5. 18-wheeler
  6. 18-wheelers
  7. 18-yard box
  8. 18-yard boxes
  9. 18-yard line
  10. 18-yard lines
  11. 180

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