tractornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtræk.tər/us/ˈtræk.tɚ/C2 a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tyres, used on farms for pulling machinery
Examples
- The wheels of the heavy tractor furrowed the soft ground.
- A tractor pulled the trailer full of hay bales.
- We had to use a tractor to pull the car out of the mud.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Farm vehicles & equipment
- all-terrain vehicle
- ATV
- Caterpillar tractor
- combine
- harrow
- harvester
- milking machine
- planter
- plough
- ploughshare
- plow
- plowshare
- reaper
- scarecrow
- sorter
- yoke