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Definitions for Tractor

[1] a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
[2] Also called truck tractor. a short truck with a driver's cab but no body, designed for hauling a trailer or semitrailer.
[3] something used for drawing or pulling.
[4] 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.
[5] 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
[6] a short motor vehicle with a powerful engine and a driver's cab, used to pull a trailer, as in an articulated lorry
[7] an aircraft with its propeller or propellers mounted in front of the engine

Words related to Tractor

canker, butterfly, moth, larva

Words nearby Tractor

traction epiphysis, traction load, tractive, tractive effort, tractive force, tractor, tractor feed, tractor pull, tractor-trailer, tractorfeed, tractotomy

Origin of Tractor

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

Word origin for Tractor

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

Synonyms for Tractor

butterfly, canker, larva, moth, woolly bear