combine harvester

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combine harvester

Etymology

So called because it is a single harvester that manages to combine several machines into one, doing several jobs: a reaper component doing the reaping, a thresher component doing the threshing, and a winnower component doing the winnowing.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

combine harvester (plural combine harvesters)

  2. A farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.
    Synonym: combine (ellipsis)
    Hypernym: harvester
    Coordinate terms: (machines) reaper-binder, reaper, binder; (people) harvester, harvestman, reaper, binder, thresherman, farmhand, farmworker, fieldworker

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