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summer harvest

summer harvest

1 2.3
Crops that are gathered in summer, such as fruits and vegetables
  • noun
translation icon : cosecha de verano
  • The summer harvest was particularly abundant this year, providing plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
  • late summer harvest

Examples

  • Farmers in the region celebrated the bountiful summer harvest with a festival.

  • Farmers celebrated the successful summer harvest by organizing a community feast.

  • Many families rely on the summer harvest to store food for the colder months.

  • The summer harvest was abundant this year.

  • Farmers are excited about the summer harvest!

  • We enjoyed fresh vegetables from the summer harvest throughout the season.

  • The success of the summer harvest influenced the town’s economy for the entire year.

Synonyms

crop
vssummer harvest
460 1.1

Plants grown to be harvested for food or other use

refers to the produce gathered rather than the living plants
harvest
vssummer harvest
166 1.0

The time when farmers gather ripe crops from the fields

refers specifically to produce gathered during the warm months rather than the whole process

How Abundant

bumper crop
4 3.4
good harvest
2 1.6
summer harvest
1 2.3
crop failure
3 3.6

Surface Forms

summer harvest singular
summer harvests plural

Morphology

summer + harvest

The meaning 'crops gathered during the summer season' is directly and transparently built from 'summer' (the warm season) + 'harvest' (the act/period of collecting crops), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer the compound meaning. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward semantic combination, making it accessible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Summer harvest shows a simple image of farmers gathering crops in the warm months. summer is the warm season and harvest is the act of bringing in crops, so it means 'the crops gathered during summer'.