Found 4 items, similar to Tractor.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: tractor
traktor
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tractor
traktor
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tractor
tractor
n 1: a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and
other applications
2: a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large
trailers or vans
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tractor
Tractor
\Tract"or\, n. [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
1. That which draws, or is used for drawing.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Med.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used
in the treatment called Perkinism.
[1913 Webster]
3. a motor vehicle with a powerful engine and large wheels,
used to pull farm equipment such as plows, harvesting
machinery, etc., over farm land. Smaller forms of farm
tractor are completely open, with only a seat for the
driver.
[PJC]
4. a motor vehicle with a driver's cab and a powerful engine,
fitted with a coupling at the rear, and designed to pull a
large trailer or semi-trailer on the open highway; --
called also
truck tractor. The combination of such a
tractor with its trailer is called a tractor-trailer, and
is a common form of truck used for commercial shipping of
freight.
[PJC]
5. (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the
supporting planes of an a["e]roplane instead of behind
them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push; --
called also
Tractor screw and
Tractor propeller.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. (Aviation) An airplane having one or more tractor
propellers; -- called also
tractor airplane.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]