trac´tor|like´

trac|tor «TRAK tuhr», noun.

1. an engine that moves on wheels or two endless belts of linked steel plates, used for pulling wagons and plows, cultivating crops, excavation and grading, and the like.

2. a powerful truck having a gasoline or diesel engine, a short body, and a cab for the driver, used for pulling a freight trailer along the highway.

3. a) an airplane with the propeller or propellers in front of the wings. b) the propeller of such an airplane.

╂[< Medieval Latin tractor something that pulls < Latin trahere to drag]

–trac´tor|like´, adjective.