tractor
trac·tor [tractor tractors] BrE [ˈtræktə(r)] NAmE [ˈtræktər] noun 
1. a powerful vehicle with two large and two smaller wheels, used especially for pulling farm machinery 
2. (NAmE)the front part of a ↑tractor-trailer, where the driver sits
Word Origin:
late 18th cent. (in the general sense ‘someone or something that pulls’): from Latin, from tract- ‘pulled’, from the verb trahere.
Example Bank:
•a farmer on his tractor
•the sound of a tractor ploughing in the field nearby
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