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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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The show features dozens of antique engines and tractors along with live demonstrations ranging from blacksmithing, glass blowing and weaving to farming demonstrations.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
American shipyards built 2,710 Liberty ships, an average of three ships every two days, and used these ships to send more than 400,000 trucks and jeeps, 14,000 airplanes, 8,000 tractors and 13,000 tanks to Russia.
—Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
That prompted him to travel to D.C. by tractor to push for help, for smaller farms that typically don’t get as much federal aid as larger commodity farms.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
In 1986, a tractor harrow unearthed pieces of a Byzantine bucket.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
American shipyards built 2,710 Liberty ships, an average of three ships every two days, and used these ships to send more than 400,000 trucks and jeeps, 14,000 airplanes, 8,000 tractors and 13,000 tanks to Russia.
—Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
That prompted him to travel to D.C. by tractor to push for help, for smaller farms that typically don’t get as much federal aid as larger commodity farms.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
In 1986, a tractor harrow unearthed pieces of a Byzantine bucket.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tractor. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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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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