Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈtɹæktə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈtɹæktɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈtɹæktə
Pronunciation notes
- GB
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ˈtɹæktɚ
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
Usage- US usage
Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
Usage- UK usage
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More examples (2)
On the other hand the EE type 3's have offered in a 1750 hp package, probably the most successful loco BR bought. As any crew will tell you a tractor will pull anything anywhere, and yet at the same time they were nippy enough for use on the Anglian mainlines for 20 years.
With a recent email from Mike Tetlow, I found out that there were two other 37s [37252 and 37031] present that day, also shuttling between Cambridge and Kings Lynn. As you correctly observe, the pic of little me shows that I am in a Dutch liveried tractor.
EWS are also denying any rumours of tractors going to Spain, then again they denyed the rumours of tractors going to France until the contract was signed!
A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
Usage- Archaic
Verb
To prepare (land) with a tractor.
Usage- Transitive
To drive a tractor.
Usage- Intransitive
To move with a tractor beam.
Usage- Transitive
To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.
Usage- Archaic
- Transitive
Noun
a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications
- Broader terms
a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans
- Broader terms