Definitions for tractor

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tractor trac·tor

Spelling: [trak-ter]

IPA: /ˈtræk tər/

Tractor is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in tractor (acorrtt).

Definitions for tractor

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

Origin of tractor

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

Examples for tractor

"When I'm spending 16 hours on a tractor, it gives me some opportunity to sort through issues in solitude," he tells me.

And you might have someone send out a mechanic with parts to fix my tractor.

Johnny angled off to the tractor and tool shed and disappeared inside.

He turned back to his tractor, moving as slowly as he felt safe in doing.

Highways were blocked off, leaving passengers waiting to be rescued by a tractor.

Wearing a red hoodie over his baseball cap, Omar, 17, quickly jumped off a tractor to greet us.

Going hands-free is just one of the perks of a place where the only form of transportation is by carriage, bike, or tractor.

For those not in the know, tractor beams were used to pull foreign objects towards the Starship Enterprise.

The tractor beam that would take hold of them had never been designed.

The "tractor" hauls the log direct to the railway if the distance is not too great.