harvester

/'hɑ:vistə/

Thân thiện

A large red harvester moves through a golden wheat field.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
2. someone who helps to gather the harvest

Từ đồng nghĩa

• reaper