Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of tractor.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tractors.

Examples

  • In cases where the speed of the fan cannot be modified (e.g. cooling fans attached to the engine in tractors), it is possible to obtain a variable output of air flow depending on temperature morphing the shape of the blades by Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) materials embedded in the blade itself or discretely placed in the in the shaft of the blade.

    Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Shape Memory Fan Saves Energy 2009

  • I should also note that one bizarre thing about Sears tractors is they have identical models where one model is on sale and one isn't.

    Sears Is Now Officially Too Incompetent To Even Take Your Money - The Consumerist 2008

  • ATHENS, Greece -- Riot police fired tear gas at farmers from the southern island of Crete Monday to prevent them from driving their tractors from the Greek port of Piraeus to the capital as part of a protest demanding government financial help.

    The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front 2009

  • ATHENS - Riot police fired tear gas at farmers from the southern island of Crete Monday to prevent them from driving their tractors from the Greek port of Piraeus to the capital as part of a protest demanding government financial help.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • I also think the trailers they are using to haul the streamlined vehicles, they call tractors, cost more than my house.

    zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - Local News 2009

  • Associated Press, Athens | Mon, 02 / 02 / 2009 5: 09 PM | World Riot police fired tear gas at farmers from the southern island of Crete Monday to prevent them from driving their tractors from the Greek port of Piraeus to the capital as part of a protest deanding government financial help.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2009

  • Mobile chicken "tractors" - simple wire and wood structures that can be moved around to contain the birds in different areas-let farmers manage the spread of chicken manure, which acts as fertilizer.

    Permaculture Research Institute of Australia 2009

  • What is more, the author's father actually did write a history of tractors, which is what the father in the novel is up to.

    Marina Lewycka: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Michael Allen 2005

  • If their tractors are as poor as their public relations, God help the western farmers.

    The Politics of Western Canada: Revolt or Reform 1973

  • And still more moving than the parade of the tractors was the march past of the infantry (few words indistinct).

    AT HAVANA LABOR RALLY 1959

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.