Thresher

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Anything or anyone that threshes.
  2. 2
    large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed wordnet
  3. 3
    A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail. historical
  4. 4
    a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw wordnet
  5. 5
    A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
Show 1 more definition
  1. 6
    Ellipsis of thresher shark. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
alopius vulpinusfarm machineryfishfox sharkmachineryplow

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *þreskaną Old English þrescan Middle English threschen Middle English -er Middle English thresshere English thresher From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.

Related phrases

harvester-thresherthresher whalecombine harvesterthresher shark

More for "thresher"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.