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a
: a 4-wheeled or tracklaying automotive vehicle used especially for drawing farm equipment
b
: a smaller 2-wheeled apparatus controlled through handlebars by a walking operator
2
: an airplane having the propeller forward of the main supporting surfaces
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Family Fun At Aamodt's Apple Farm on the southwest edge of Stillwater, kids love the seasonal goat farm, pedal tractors, hay wagon rides, and a hay bale maze.
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Forest preserve district staff will be on hand to help load with a tractor but nondistrict machinery is not allowed.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
The company also points out the land sits next to a tractor-trailer depot already approved by Miami-Dade on land that’s also outside the UDB and that Miami-Dade once seriously considered building a sewage-treatment plant on the site before that project fizzled years ago.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
They were taught how to harvest, how to sow, how to wrangle a cow, ride tractors, monster harvesting machines.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
Forest preserve district staff will be on hand to help load with a tractor but nondistrict machinery is not allowed.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
The company also points out the land sits next to a tractor-trailer depot already approved by Miami-Dade on land that’s also outside the UDB and that Miami-Dade once seriously considered building a sewage-treatment plant on the site before that project fizzled years ago.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
They were taught how to harvest, how to sow, how to wrangle a cow, ride tractors, monster harvesting machines.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tractor. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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tractor
noun
trac·tor
ˈtrak-tər 
1
: a vehicle that has large rear wheels or moves on tracks and is used especially for pulling farm implements
2
: a short truck with no body used in combination with a trailer for hauling freight
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