TRACTOR Definition & Meaning

tractor

[trak-ter]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.��
1. a propeller mounted at the front of an airplane, thus exerting a pull.
2. Also called tractor airplane.��an airplane with a propeller so mounted.

tractor

/ ˈ�ٰ�æ��ə /

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

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Origin of tractor¹

1855–60; < Latin trac-, variant stem of trahere to draw, pull + -tor -tor

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Origin of tractor¹

C18: from Late Latin: one who pulls, from trahere to drag

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Once the event concludes, the crew dismantles the frame and removes the sand using equipment that looks like a modified small tractor.

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Many tractors and trucks sat idle surrounded by acres of farmland, as an unknown number of workers chose to stay home.

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In the yard there are tractors and hay bales, dogs running around.

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A train has hit a tractor and trailer on a level crossing in Herefordshire, bringing rail services to a halt.

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