harvester
pronunciation
How to pronounce harvester in British English:
UK [ˈhɑ:vɪstə(r)]
How to pronounce harvester in American English:
US [ˈhɑrvɪstə(r)]
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- Noun:
- someone who helps to gather the harvest
- farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
Word Origin
- harvester (n.)
- "a reaper," 1590s; agent noun from harvest (v.). Meaning "machine for reaping and binding field crops" is from 1847.
Example
- 1. Both of oscar 's hind legs were accidentally chopped off in a combine harvester .
- 2. Starving harvester in vest said .
- 3. In between is farm belt ; it doesn 't take long when driving north from new albany to come upon boundless golden fields awaiting the harvester .
- 4. " Putin visits a combine harvester factory and decides on the spot he 'll raise tariffs , " said one eu trade official .
- 5. He was helped through university by the wealthy widow of cyrus mccormick , inventor of the combine harvester , who had been persuaded by father luce to stump up for his china mission .