combine
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈkɒmbaɪn/
:
cosechadora
- Nick was fifty now, lean from the field work, with chronic back pain from driving the combine.
So I was like I would have to overtake horses, tractors, combine harvesters.
- So I was like I would have to overtake horses, tractors, combine harvesters.
- I'm now working at hauling and scooping grain on a combine crew.
Examples
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A giant combine harvester cuts a wide swathe through a field of high corn.
Fiction book (2001) -
When Jake looks again, he notices that the combine has stopped and nobody is sitting in the cab.
Fiction book (2002) -
Normally, he arrived about an hour later, but his combine had given out.
Fiction book (1997) -
A farmer on a combine works a small field.
Fiction book (1993) -
I have not been driving in the country to see, but I know the combines are working like crazy.
Blog text (27) -
We had two kinds of combines, one made in the United States and one made in Germany.
Academic text (1991) -
I'm now working at hauling and scooping grain on a combine crew.
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The farmer drove the combine across the field to harvest the ripe wheat.
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During harvest season, a powerful combine can collect grain quickly and efficiently.
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The large combine is essential for clearing vast fields of corn and soybeans.
Synonyms
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2.0
A person or machine that collects crops when they are ready
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Etymology
Combine for the large farm machine is short for 'combine harvester' and it is named because it combines many harvest jobs like cutting, threshing, and cleaning into one machine. The name comes from Latin combinare, where com- means 'together'.