reaper
3
5.2
- noun
- /ˈriːpər/
- Archaic
:
cosechadora
- Farms didn't get the benefit of oil until the 1920s, but they were becoming far more efficient long before that, due to the reaper and other innovations.
- reaper, a thresher
- Reaper drone
Examples
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In southern Russia, large labor pools of Ukrainian peasants and German Lutheran immigrants enabled Mennonites to become wheat specialists without resorting to expensive English threshers and reapers.
Academic text (1992) -
The new model of the reaper has advanced features that make cutting and collecting crops much easier.
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And it's going to make that McCormick Reaper possible as well on his first Reaper, which is just a little combine.
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As my dad liked to tell it, the Hussey reaper was better, but McCormick was better at filing patents.
Blog text (5) -
Shortly after immigration, Kleine Gemeinde farmers began purchasing hay mowers, reapers, seeder drills, threshing machines, and stationary steam engines.
Academic text (1992) -
Farmers used the reaper to quickly gather the wheat harvest before the rain began.
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In the fall, the fields were filled with reapers working tirelessly to harvest the corn before winter.
Synonyms
9
2.0
A person or machine that collects crops when they are ready
6
6.1
A large farm machine that harvests and cleans grain as it moves across a field
1
7.5
A machine that cuts grain and ties it into bundles
1
8.6
A machine that cuts crops and lays them in rows to dry
A machine that cuts grain and ties it into bundles
A machine or person that cuts crops and puts them in rows to dry
A vehicle like a tractor that helps plow, plant, or harvest crops on a farm
A machine used to cut and gather farm plants at harvest
Compounds
How Mechanized
Surface Forms
Morphology
reaper = reap (transparent) = reap + er
Formed from the verb 'reap' with the agent/instrument suffix '-er', so the meaning (machine that cuts or person who harvests) is directly derived.
Etymology
Reaper comes from the verb reap, which means 'to cut and gather grain'. The ending -er means 'one that does something', so a reaper can be a machine that cuts and collects crops at harvest.