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harvester

/ˈhɑrvɪstər/

/ˈhɑvɪstə/

Other forms: harvesters

Definitions of harvester
  1. noun
    someone who helps to gather the harvest
    synonyms: reaper
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    types:
    vintager
    a person who harvests grapes for making wine
    type of:
    farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand
    a hired hand on a farm
  2. noun
    farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
    synonyms: reaper
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    types:
    binder, reaper binder
    a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
    combine
    harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
    header
    a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
    type of:
    farm machine
    a machine used in farming
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