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power take-off

power take-off noun: a powered shaft on an agricultural tractor or other machine used for auxiliary equipment.

power take-off: a powered shaft on an agricultural tractor or other machine used for auxiliary equipment
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Noun

power take-off (plural power take-offs, abbreviation PTO)

  1. A powered shaft on an agricultural tractor or other machine used for auxiliary equipment.
    • His shingle-lifting boom was built out of logs and pipework and ran off the power take-off of his tractor, and must have taken him weeks to build.1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 174
    Synonyms:
    PTO

Synonyms of power take-off

Forms of power take-off

pluralpower take-offs
abbreviationPTO

Questions about power take-off

What does power take-off mean?
Power take-off means a powered shaft on an agricultural tractor or other machine used for auxiliary equipment.
What part of speech is power take-off?
Power take-off is a noun.
What is the plural of power take-off?
The plural of power take-off is power take-offs.

Words near power take-off in the dictionary

  1. power suits
  2. power supplies
  3. power supply
  4. power surge
  5. power surges
  6. power take-off
  7. power take-offs
  8. power tap
  9. power taps
  10. power tie
  11. power ties

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