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combine harvester

British  
/ ˈkɒmbaɪn /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

And fully loaded with grain, a combine harvester weighs up to 36 tons—as much as a small herd of pachyderms.

From Science Magazine • May 16, 2022

An aerial view of a combine harvester as it harvests soybeans in Deerfield, Ohio, U.S.,

From Reuters • Feb. 20, 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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