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combine harvester

US/ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/

combine harvester noun: a farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.

combine harvester: a farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain
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Noun

combine harvester (plural combine harvesters)

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

combine harvester meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

combine harvester in Tamil

இணை அறுவடை இயந்திரம்

combine harvester in Arabic

combine
حَصَّادَة شَامِلَة ḥaṣṣāda šāmila, حَصَّادَة ḥaṣṣāda

combine harvester in Persian

combine
کمباین kombâyn

combine harvester in Vietnamese

combine
máy liên hợp, máy gặt đập liên hợp

Synonyms of combine harvester

Forms of combine harvester

pluralcombine harvesters

Origin of combine harvester

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.

Questions about combine harvester

What does combine harvester mean?
Combine harvester means a farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.
What is combine harvester in Tamil?
Combine harvester in Tamil is இணை அறுவடை இயந்திரம். See Combine harvester meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is combine harvester?
Combine harvester is a noun.
How do you pronounce combine harvester?
Combine harvester is pronounced /ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of combine harvester?
The plural of combine harvester is combine harvesters.

Words near combine harvester in the dictionary

  1. combinatory
  2. combinatory logic
  3. combine
  4. combine driver
  5. combine drivers
  6. combine harvester
  7. combine harvesters
  8. combined
  9. combined arms
  10. combined authorities
  11. combined authority

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