Combine harvester

/ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/ noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.

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combinesharvesters

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.

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