reaper binder
- noun
- Archaic
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cosechadora atadora
- Farmers relied on the reaper binder to cut and bind grain into sheaves during the harvest.
Examples
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Farmers relied on the reaper binder before modern combine harvesters became common.
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The old reaper binder in the museum shows how farming was done a century ago.
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He repaired the reaper binder after it broke down during the wheat harvest.
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The reaper binder worked efficiently in the field.
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Farmers often use a reaper binder during harvest season.
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He repaired the reaper binder after it broke down while cutting wheat in the field.
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The old reaper binder in the museum illustrates how grain was harvested and bundled in the past.
Synonyms
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Morphology
The noun combines two transparent component nouns: 'reaper' (a machine that cuts crops) and 'binder' (a machine that ties stalks), so the overall meaning — a machine that both reaps and binds — is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Reaper binder is named for what the machine does: a reaper cuts the grain and a binder ties the cut stalks into bundles. Because it did both jobs, the name came to mean 'a machine used for cutting grain and binding it into bundles'.