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a
: a 4-wheeled or tracklaying automotive vehicle used especially for drawing farm equipment
b
: a smaller 2-wheeled apparatus controlled through handlebars by a walking operator
2
: an airplane having the propeller forward of the main supporting surfaces
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Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight on Tuesday as hundreds of tractors again sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the 27-member bloc.
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Raf Casert, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
How to handle that animal feed, the tractors, the poultry harvesting machinery, the coal, the passenger vehicles, the tractors, the tin, nickel and zinc?
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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Raf Casert, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
How to handle that animal feed, the tractors, the poultry harvesting machinery, the coal, the passenger vehicles, the tractors, the tin, nickel and zinc?
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tractor
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tractor. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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tractor
noun
trac·tor
ˈtrak-tər 
1
: a vehicle that has large rear wheels or moves on tracks and is used especially for pulling farm implements
2
: a short truck with no body used in combination with a trailer for hauling freight
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