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Definition of "tractor" []

  • A vehicle having a powerful gasoline or diesel motor and usually large, heavily treaded rear tires, used especially for pulling farm implements or machinery. (noun)
  • A truck having a cab and no body, used for pulling large vehicles such as vans or trailers. (noun)
  • Something that pulls or draws. (noun)
  • An airplane propeller mounted in front of the supporting surfaces. (noun)
  • An airplane having such a propeller. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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  • "The drugs were found stored in tractor trailers and houses wrapped in different colors and labeled with apparently coded phrases and pictures that included the cartoon character Homer Simpson."
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