tractor: Meaning and Definition of

trac•tor

1. a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
2. Also called truck tractor. a short truck with a driver's cab but no body, designed for hauling a trailer or semitrailer.
3. something used for drawing or pulling.
1. a propeller mounted at the front of an airplane, thus exerting a pull.
2. Also called trac&prim;tor air&sec;plane. an airplane with a propeller so mounted.