winnowing machine
winnowing machine noun: a machine which winnows grain.
Noun
winnowing machine (plural winnowing machines)
- A machine which winnows grain.
- Thus, then, have the St. Edmundsbury Monks, without express ballot-box or other good winnowing-machine, contrived to accomplish the most important social feat a body of men can do, to winnow out the man that is to govern them […] Ballot-boxes, Reform Bills, winnowing-machines: all these are good...1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VIII, The Election”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk)
- Synonyms:
- fanning mill
winnowing machine meaning in Tamil
winnowing machine in Tamil
- நூற்றும் எந்திரம்
Synonyms of winnowing machine
Forms of winnowing machine
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Questions about winnowing machine
- What does winnowing machine mean?
- Winnowing machine means a machine which winnows grain.
- What is winnowing machine in Tamil?
- Winnowing machine in Tamil is நூற்றும் எந்திரம். See Winnowing machine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is winnowing machine?
- Winnowing machine is a noun.
- What is the plural of winnowing machine?
- The plural of winnowing machine is winnowing machines.
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