8 PHRASE If you travel light , you travel without taking much luggage.
tra v|el agen|cy (travel agencies ) N‑COUNT A travel agency is a business which makes arrangements for people's holidays and journeys.
tra v|el agent (travel agents )
1 N‑COUNT A travel agent or travel agent's is a shop or office where you can go to arrange a holiday or journey. □ He worked in a travel agent's.
2 N‑COUNT A travel agent is a person or business that arranges people's holidays and journeys.
trav|el|ler ◆◇◇ /træ vələ r / (travellers ) in AM, use traveler 1 N‑COUNT A traveller is a person who is making a journey or a person who travels a lot. □ Many air travellers suffer puffy ankles and feet during long flights.
2 N‑COUNT A traveller is a person who travels from place to place, often living in a van or other vehicle, rather than living in one place. [BRIT ]
3 → see also New Age traveller COLLOCATIONS traveller NOUN 1
adjective + traveller : frequent, seasoned; intrepid; inveterate, keen; discerning, savvy; weary; solo
verb + traveller : strand; entice, lure, woo
noun + traveller : armchair; business, leisure; air, rail, train; budget
tra v|el|ler's cheque (traveller's cheques ) in AM, use traveler's check N‑COUNT [usu pl] Traveller's cheques are cheques that you could buy in the past at a bank and take with you when you travelled, for example so that you could exchange them for the currency of the country that you were in.
trav|el|ling /træ vəl I ŋ/ in AM, use traveling ADJ [ADJ n] A travelling actor or musician, for example, is one who travels around an area or country performing in different places. □ …travelling entertainers.
tra v|el|ling sa les|man (travelling salesmen ) in AM, use traveling salesman N‑COUNT A travelling salesman is a salesman who travels to different places and meets people in order to sell goods or take orders.
trav|elogue /træ vəlɒg, -lɔːg/ (travelogues ) N‑COUNT A travelogue is a talk or film about travel or about a particular person's travels.
tra v|el rep (travel reps ) N‑COUNT A travel rep is the same as a holiday rep . [BRIT ]
tra v|el sick|ness N‑UNCOUNT If someone has travel sickness , they feel sick as a result of travelling in a vehicle.
trav|erse /træ vɜː r s, trəvɜː r s/ (traverses , traversing , traversed ) VERB If someone or something traverses an area of land or water, they go across it. [LITERARY ] □ [V n] I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge.
trav|es|ty /træ vəsti/ (travesties ) N‑COUNT If you describe something as a travesty of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing. □ [+ of ] Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for.
trawl /trɔː l/ (trawls , trawling , trawled )
1 VERB If you trawl through a large number of similar things, you search through them looking for something that you want or something that is suitable for a particular purpose. [BRIT ] □ [V + through ] A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves. □ [V n] Her private secretary has carefully trawled the West End for a suitable show.
2 VERB When fishermen trawl for fish, they pull a wide net behind their ship in order to catch fish. □ [V ] They had seen him trawling and therefore knew that there were fish. □ [V + for ] We came upon a fishing boat trawling for Dover sole. [Also V n]
trawl|er /trɔː lə r / (trawlers ) N‑COUNT A trawler is a fishing boat that is used for trawling.
tray /tre I / (trays ) N‑COUNT A tray is a flat piece of wood, plastic, or metal, which usually has raised edges and which is used for carrying things, especially food and drinks.
treach|er|ous /tre tʃərəs/
1 ADJ If you describe someone as treacherous , you mean that they are likely to betray you and cannot be trusted. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ He publicly left the party and denounced its treacherous leaders.
2 ADJ If you say that something is treacherous , you mean that it is very dangerous and unpredictable. □ The current of the river is fast flowing and treacherous.
treach|ery /tre tʃəri/ N‑UNCOUNT Treachery is behaviour or an action in which someone betrays their country or betrays a person who trusts them.
trea|cle /triː k ə l/ N‑UNCOUNT Treacle is a thick, sweet, sticky liquid that is obtained when sugar is processed. It is used in making cakes and puddings. [BRIT ] in AM, use molasses
tread /tre d/ (treads , treading , trod , trodden )
1 VERB If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing. □ [V + on ] Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to tread on your foot.
2 VERB If you tread in a particular way, you walk that way. [LITERARY ] □ [V adv] She trod casually, enjoying the touch of the damp grass on her feet.
3 N‑SING A person's tread is the sound that they make with their feet as they walk. [WRITTEN ] □ We could now very plainly hear their heavy tread. [Also + of ]
4 VERB If you tread carefully, you behave in a careful or cautious way. □ [V adv] If you are hoping to form a new relationship tread carefully and slowly to begin with.
5 N‑COUNT The tread of a step or stair is its flat upper surface. □ He walked up the stairs. The treads were covered with a kind of rubber and very quiet.