harvester

[ hahr-vuh-ster ]

/ ˈhɑr və stər /

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noun

a person who harvests; reaper.

any of various farm machines for harvesting field crops.

an orange-brown butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius, the larvae of which are predacious on aphids.

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Origin of harvester

First recorded in 1580–90; harvest + -er¹

Words nearby harvester

Harvard chair, Harvard classification, Harvard frame, Harve, harvest, harvester, harvester ant, harvestfish, harvest home, harvest index, harvestman

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How to use harvester in a sentence

They experimented with whole stalks, as are burned in the Florida fields during the harvest, and with the outer leaves, which some harvesters elsewhere in the world remove using blades and burn off-site.
“A Complete Failure of the State”: Authorities Didn’t Heed Researchers’ Calls to Study Health Effects of Burning Sugar Cane|by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post|August 19, 2021|ProPublica
The characters meet food producers, like Indigenous salt harvesters in Peru, and cook with famous chefs from José Andrés to Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’s own Samin Nosrat.
Michelle Obama's Wonderful Netflix Show Waffles + Mochi Is the Sesame Street of Food TV|Judy Berman|March 16, 2021|Time
Behind that goes a pickup machine, or a harvester, that picks them up off the ground, separates the dirt, sticks, and leaves, and puts them into trailers, leaving them much cleaner than what got picked up off the ground.
The machines that get walnuts from trees to your mouth|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
All scallop harvesters should check carefully with local and state marine officials to learn if scallops are safe to harvest and eat in their area.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean|By Bob McNally/Field & Stream|October 19, 2020|Popular-Science

It had taken years to get the harvester right — mostly because they first had to get the tomato right, breeding a new variety that could withstand the rough treatment of the mechanical harvester.
How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War (Ep. 386 Rebroadcast)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 6, 2020|Freakonomics
If a man has hired a harvester, he shall give him eight gur of corn per year.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World|Hammurabi, King of Babylon
And yet there is a new type of harvester that has been used in San Joaquin valley, California.
American Inventions and Inventors|William A. Mowry
One day a harvester who ventured far up a shallow brook was captured by a grizzly bear.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
The self-binding harvester was borne on the shoulders of the Marsh harvester.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
Combined harvester and thresher—Matteson, United States, 1886.
The Story of Great Inventions|Elmer Ellsworth Burns

British Dictionary definitions for harvester

harvester

/ (ˈhɑːvɪstə) /

noun

a person who harvests

a harvesting machine, esp a combine harvester

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