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combine harvester

British  
/ ˈkɒmbaɪn /

noun

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

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The combine harvester producer has increased its focus on agriculture in recent years to meet farmers' equipment demand, stacking its tech workforce with highly skilled workers in automation and artificial intelligence.

From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2023

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

On a crisp, bright afternoon in early October, Ethan watched his father weld their broken 1980s combine harvester head, which cuts and threshes corn.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021

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