tractor

[ trak-ter ]

noun

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.
   1. a propeller mounted at the front of an airplane, thus exerting a pull.
   2. Also called tractor airplane. an airplane with a propeller so mounted.

tractor

/ ˈtræktə /

noun

1. 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
2. a short motor vehicle with a powerful engine and a driver's cab, used to pull a trailer, as in an articulated lorry
3. an aircraft with its propeller or propellers mounted in front of the engine

Word History and Origins

Origin of tractor¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tractor¹

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

Example Sentences

"I learned to drive a tractor, I learned to go up and down and turn the earth."

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He could barely contain his excitement when Liam Delap bundled in Ipswich's second goal, and this time the Tractor Boys held on to climb out of the relegation zone.

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In his first full season the Tractor Boys were promoted as runners-up and they repeated the feat in the Championship last season.

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After first-half goals by Sam Szmodics and Liam Delap, Sheeran watched the Tractor Boys hold on to beat Tottenham for their first win of the season.

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However, he signed a four-year deal at the Tractor Boys and would be expensive for United to prise from Ipswich.

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