Meanings
plural caterpillar tracks
- A generic trademark name for a continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted around the wheels of crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles in such a manner as to spread the load on the ground surface and thereby improve traction and reduce sinking into soft surfaces.
Synonyms: continuous track, track, crawler
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA generic trademark name for a continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted around the wheels of crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles in such a manner as to spread the load on the ground surface and thereby improve traction and reduce sinking into soft surfaces.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian верига
- верига (veriga)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Catalan eruga
- erugacontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Chinese Mandarin 履帶 /履带
- 履帶 /履带 (lǚdài)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Dutch rupsband
- rupsbandcontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Estonian roomik
- roomikcontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Finnish telaketju
- telaketjucontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
French chenille
- chenillecontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
German Raupenkette, Gleiskette
- Raupenkettecontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- Gleiskettecontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Greek ερπύστρια
- ερπύστρια (erpýstria)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Hebrew זחליל
- זחליל (zakhlíl)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Hungarian hernyótalp, lánctalp
- hernyótalpcontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- lánctalpcontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Irish roth altach
- roth altachcontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Italian cingolo
- cingolocontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Japanese キャタピラ, キャタピラー
- キャタピラ (kyatapira)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- キャタピラー (kyatapirā)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- カタピラー (katapirā)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- 無限軌道 (mugen kidō)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Polish gąsienica
- gąsienicacontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Portuguese lagarta, esteira
- lagartacontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- esteiracontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Romanian șenilă
- șenilăcontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Russian гу́сеница
- гу́сеница (gúsenica)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Spanish oruga, rodadura oruga
- orugacontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- rodadura orugacontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- tractor orugacontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- tracción orugacontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Swedish larvfötter
- larvföttercontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Turkish palet, tırtıl
- paletcontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- tırtılcontinuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Ukrainian гу́сениця, гу́сінь
- гу́сениця (húsenycja)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
- гу́сінь (húsinʹ)continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt
Cite this entry
caterpillar track. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caterpillar%20track
“caterpillar track.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caterpillar%20track. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caterpillar track,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caterpillar%20track.
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