Tractor Definition
trăktər
tractors
noun
A powerful vehicle with a gasoline or diesel engine and large rear wheels or endless belt treads, used for pulling farm machinery, hauling loads, etc.
Webster's New World
A large, powerful truck with a driver's cab and a fifth wheel, designed to pull a trailer.
Webster's New World
An airplane with its propeller or propellers mounted in front of the engine.
Webster's New World
An airplane having such a propeller.
American Heritage
A toothed mechanism that automatically advances perforated continuous-form paper through a computer printer.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- dukw
- halftrack
- tracklayer
- go-devil
- lawn-tractor
- caterpillar tractor
- kerosene tractor
- farm tractor
- traction-engine
- cat
adjective
Having to do with tractors.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Tractor
Noun
Singular:
tractor
Plural:
tractorsOrigin of Tractor
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From Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull"), + agent noun suffix -or.
From Wiktionary
From Latin tractus past participle of trahere to draw
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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