combine harvester

British

/ ˈkɒmbaɪn /

noun

a machine that simultaneously cuts, threshes, and cleans a standing crop of grain

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Filling up his seven tractors, two semitrailer trucks and a combine harvester for the year cost about $11,500 in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

He said he would hang on until next week to cut his wheat, for fear the combine harvester would spark a fire in the parched crop.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Mr Maughan, a father of two, said the gang cut out GPS systems from vehicles on the farms, including from his combine harvester.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

By age 15, Gorbachev was helping his father drive a combine harvester after school and during the region’s blistering, dusty summers.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

A combine harvester rolled down a field like a dinosaur, corn disappearing into its great, scarlet maw.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

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