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harvestry

harvestry noun: the act of harvesting.

Noun

harvestry (countable and uncountable, plural harvestries)

  1. The act of harvesting.
  2. That which is harvested.
    • Thus in your field my seed of harvestry
      Thrives, for the fruit is like me that I set;
      God bids me tend it with good husbandry;
      This is the end for which we twain are met.1878, Algernon Charles Swinburne, “Ballad written for a Bridegroom […] ”, in Poems and Ballads Second Series

Forms of harvestry

pluralharvestries

Origin of harvestry

From harvest + -ry.

Questions about harvestry

What does harvestry mean?
Harvestry means the act of harvesting.
What part of speech is harvestry?
Harvestry is a noun.
What is the plural of harvestry?
The plural of harvestry is harvestries.

Words near harvestry in the dictionary

  1. harvestings
  2. harvestless
  3. harvestman
  4. harvestmen
  5. harvestries
  6. harvestry
  7. harvests
  8. harvesttime
  9. harvesttimes
  10. Harvey
  11. Harvey ball

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