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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 aeroplane 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.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tractor airplane \Trac"tor air"plane\, n. (Aviation)
   An airplane having one or more tractor propellers; -- called
   also tractor.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Thesaurus Results for Tractor:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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