harvester
/'hɑ:vistə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields: A mechanical device used in agriculture to collect mature crops.
- A person who helps to gather the harvest: An individual who participates in collecting a ripe crop from the fields.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Machine):
- The farmer used a new combine harvester to collect the wheat.
- Modern harvesters can significantly speed up the harvesting process.
- Noun (Person):
- During autumn, many workers become harvesters in the vineyards.
- The harvester carefully picked the ripe apples from the trees.
Advanced Usage
- "Combine harvester": A specific type of harvester that reaps, threshes, and cleans grain crops in one operation.
- The combine harvester is essential for large-scale grain farming.
Variants and Related Words
- Harvest (noun/verb): The process or period of gathering crops; to gather a ripe crop.
- The harvest was abundant this year.
- They will harvest the corn next week.
- Harvesting (noun): The action of gathering a crop.
- Harvesting requires good weather conditions.
Synonyms
- Reaper: A person or machine that cuts and gathers crops.
- Gatherer: A person who collects crops.
- Combiner: A machine that harvests grain (specifically a combine harvester).
Related Phrases
- Harvest season: The time of year when crops are gathered.
- The town is busy during the harvest season.
- Harvest moon: The full moon that occurs nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- We walked in the light of the harvest moon.
Noun
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farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
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someone who helps to gather the harvest
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