noun

tractor

TRAK-tuh

noun

A powerful farm vehicle used to pull ploughs, trailers, and other heavy equipment.

"The farmer drove the tractor across the muddy field."

The front cab-and-engine unit of a large truck, used to pull a separate trailer.

"The tractor unit had jack-knifed on the icy motorway."

How to Use Tractor

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA heavy vehicle built for pulling farm equipment or, in trucking, a trailer.

Common pairings

tractor-trailer drive a tractor

tractored past tense, tractors plural, tractors singular

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Formed from Latin tractus ("pulled, drawn") plus the agent suffix -or, meaning literally "a puller."

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