semi
/ˈsɛmi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
Australian usage; Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; American usage
Example Sentences
- "2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40, I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay."
- "The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces."
- "The roads were lined with cramped little semis and 1960s bungalows: Britain's cheapest houses, in their flimsy, pebble-dashed glory."
- "I was hungry an' freezin' an' done caught a chill / When the lights of a big semi topped the hill"
- "All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill."
- "The twink got a semi just from that look."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɛmi/
- British English: /ˈsɛmi/
Usage
- Australian usage
- Canadian usage
- British usage
- Informal
- New Zealand usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Colloquial