Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a wheeled vehicle with large wheels;
used in farming and other applications;
2.
a truck that has a cab but no body;
used for pulling large trailers or vans;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tractor \Tract"or\, n. [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
1. That which draws, or is used for drawing.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Med.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used
in the treatment called Perkinism.
[1913 Webster]
3. a motor vehicle with a powerful engine and large wheels,
used to pull farm equipment such as plows, harvesting
machinery, etc., over farm land. Smaller forms of farm
tractor are completely open, with only a seat for the
driver.
[PJC]
4. a motor vehicle with a driver's cab and a powerful engine,
fitted with a coupling at the rear, and designed to pull a
large trailer or semi-trailer on the open highway; --
called also truck tractor. The combination of such a
tractor with its trailer is called a tractor-trailer, and
is a common form of truck used for commercial shipping of
freight.
[PJC]
5. (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the
supporting planes of an aeroplane instead of behind them,
so that it exerts a pull instead of a push; -- called also
Tractor screw and Tractor propeller.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. (Aviation) An airplane having one or more tractor
propellers; -- called also tractor airplane.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tractor airplane \Trac"tor air"plane\, n. (Aviation)
An airplane having one or more tractor propellers; -- called
also tractor.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tractor
n 1: a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and
other applications
2: a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large
trailers or vans
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "tractor":
Cat, Caterpillar, DUKW, Rome plow, amphibian, bulldozer, calfdozer,
crawler, creeper, double-prop, duck, go-devil, grader, halftrack,
lawn-tractor, multi-prop, piston plane, propeller plane, propjet,
pusher, pusher plane, scraper, single-prop, tank, tracklayer,
traction engine, turbo-prop, turbo-propeller plane, twin-prop