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TRAKT-uh/ˈtræktə/

A tractor is a strong farm vehicle with large back wheels, used for pulling machines and trailers. Countable: a tractor, tractors. A train runs on rails and carries many people; a car is for the road, not the field. Place: farm, field. Not a tram (city rails).

Meaning

A strong farm vehicle with large back wheels, used for pulling things.

Examples

• “The tractor is in the field.”
• “The tractor is pulling a trailer of hay.”
• “Children like to sit on the tractor at the farm.”

Good to know

a tractor (farm, big wheels). Contrast: train (rails), car (road), tram (city).

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