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truck tractor

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trac⋅tor

[trak-ter]
–noun
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.
4. Aeronautics.
a. a propeller mounted at the front of an airplane, thus exerting a pull.
b. Also called tractor airplane. an airplane with a propeller so mounted.

Origin:
1855–60; < L trac-, var. s. of trahere to draw, pull + -tor -tor
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trac·tor
Pronunciation: 'trak-t&r
Function: noun
: an instrument used to exert traction on a body part or tissue (as in surgicalprocedures) tractor>
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