articulated lorry vs tractor

articulated lorry

noun
  • A tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it; in American English referred to as semi-trailer truck or 18-wheeler. 

tractor

noun
  • A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer. 

  • A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields. 

  • An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage. 

  • A British Rail Class 37 locomotive. 

  • A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging. 

  • Any piece of machinery that pulls something. 

verb
  • To move with a tractor beam. 

  • To prepare (land) with a tractor. 

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