combine harvester

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combine harvester

  • /ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/ US

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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.

noun combine harvesters

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

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