combine harvester

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/ === Noun === combine harvester (plural combine harvesters) (agriculture) A farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain. Synonym: combine (ellipsis) Hypernym: harvester Coordinate terms: (machines) reaper-binder, reaper, binder; (people) harvester, harvestman, reaper, binder, thresherman, farmhand, farmworker, fieldworker ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== combine harvester on Wikipedia.Wikipedia