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power take-offs

power take-offs is the plural of power take-off.

Meaning of power take-off

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

Questions about power take-offs

What is power take-offs the plural of?
Power take-offs is the plural of power take-off.

Words near power take-offs in the dictionary

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

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