thresher
pronunciation
How to pronounce thresher in British English:
UK ['θreʃə]
How to pronounce thresher in American English:
US [ 'θrɛʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
- large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
Word Origin
- thresher (n.)
- late 14c., agent noun from thresh. The thresher shark (c. 1600) so called for its long upper tail, which resembles a threshing tool.
Example
- 1. The thresher helps explain why .
- 2. Now electricity runs the thresher .
- 3. He and his cousins bought a steam thresher on shares .
- 4. She was the first to record orcas hunting hammerhead and thresher sharks .
- 5. Motor-driven thresher , marine gearbox , combine harvester .