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tractor
[ trak-ter ]
noun
- a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- Also called truck tractor. a short truck with a driver's cab but no body, designed for hauling a trailer or semitrailer.
- something used for drawing or pulling.
- Aeronautics.
- a propeller mounted at the front of an airplane, thus exerting a pull.
- Also called tractor airplane. an airplane with a propeller so mounted.
tractor
/ ˈٰæə /
noun
- a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester. It usually has two large rear wheels with deeply treaded tyres
- a short motor vehicle with a powerful engine and a driver's cab, used to pull a trailer, as in an articulated lorry
- an aircraft with its propeller or propellers mounted in front of the engine
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tractor1
Example Sentences
The celebration began at about 11:40 BST and featured picnic benches, bars on the back of tractors and food served straight from a boat at high tide.
During maintenance, workers roll through on a tractor equipped with a frame bearing metal bristles that scrape the tunnel walls, cleaning off algae and any growth of invasive mussels.
He was raised in Japan by Vietnamese parents, and his family imports tractors from Japan and Vietnam.
Among billboards for restaurants, gun silencers and tractors, a digital sign hints at the crisis gripping the community: a warning about the dangers of measles, which can cause complications including pneumonia, brain swelling and death.
If the main parties are downbeat, Farage is all revved up: arriving on stage at his campaign launch on a tractor.
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