Phrase Hound found 91 phrases and 59 compound words that contain trail. The most common are listed below. Open trail in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 91
- paper trailA written record, history, or collection of evidence.
- Trail of TearsThe route followed by American Indians moved from their homelands in the southeastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi river by the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
- hitting the trailpresent participle and gerund of hit the trail
- audit trailA formal, often computerized record or log of the financial transactions of an organization or system.
- hit the trailTo leave or depart.
- trail mixA blend of foods for snacking on the go, as during hikes, usually consisting of some combination of dried fruit, nuts, seeds, granola, and sometimes small candies, cereal, etc.
- hits the trailthird-person singular simple present indicative of hit the trail: To leave or depart.
- treasure trailA vertical line of hair that extends up along the middle of a person's (usually a man's) abdomen from pubic hair to navel.
- trail bikeA bicycle or motorcycle which is designed and used for off-road travel on rugged or inclined surfaces.
- Oregon TrailA large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that traversed from east to west in the United States and connected the Missouri River to the valleys in Oregon Territory.
- rail trailA former railway track converted into a multi-use path, typically as a greenway for walking and cycling.
- trail offOf a phenomenon, voice, etc.: to slowly diminish in frequency, intensity, or volume; also, to diminish more quickly over time.
- happy trailA vertical line of hair that extends up along the middle of a person's abdomen from pubic hair to navel.
- star trailThe line of light recorded on a photographic medium when a time exposure is made of a star in the nighttime sky using a camera on a fixed mount, caused by the rotation of the earth during the period of time when the camera's shutter is …
- trail cameraAn outdoor camera that can be left unattended to take photographs or video footage at regular intervals, or whenever motion is detected, used for game surveillance by hunters.
- vapor trailA contrail.
- snail trailA trail of snail slime, left behind by a snail as it slithers.
- back trailAlternative form of backtrail: A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
- data trailThe potentially recoverable traces of data left behind by any activity; the general case, independent of medium, of which a paper trail is (in its literal sense) a medium-specific case.
- fire trailAlternative form of firetrail: Synonym of firebreak (“area cleared of flammable material to prevent fire from spreading”).
- nature trailA hiking trail that runs through the countryside, along which there are marked stations or stops next to points of natural, technological, or cultural interest.
- trail angelA person who helps hikers, cyclists, etc. by voluntarily maintaining trails, offering food and transportation, etc.
- trail boatSynonym of packraft (“lightweight inflatable boat”).
- trail headAlternative form of trailhead: The beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail.
- trail mapA map used to aid in navigation and can symbolize an assorted amount of information of a particular area or contain only a single representation of the data it represents.
Compound words 59
- trailerSomeone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
- trailblazerSynonym of pathfinder: One who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region.
- trailheadThe beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail.
- trailblazingResembling a trailblazer; innovative or pioneering.
- contrailAn artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
- chemtrailA contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
- trailsidebeside a trail
- trailmasterA person in charge of a trail.
- backtrailA small path or trail that is not used regularly.
- mistrailAlternative form of mistral (“type of wind”).