combine harvester


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combine harvester

(ˈkɒmbaɪn)
n
(Agriculture) a machine that simultaneously cuts, threshes, and cleans a standing crop of grain
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Translations
حَصّادَه
kombajn
mejetærsker
leikkuupuimuri
קומבייןקומביין תבואותקצרדש
kombajn
kombájn
òreskivél
biçerdöver makinesı

combine

(kəmˈbain) verb
to join together in one whole; to unite. They combined (forces) to fight the enemy; The chemist combined calcium and carbon.
(ˈkombain) noun
an association of trading companies. a large manufacturing combine.
ˌcombiˈnation (-bi-) noun
1. (the result of) combining or being combined. The town was a combination of old and new architecture.
2. a set of numbers used to open certain types of lock. He couldn't open the safe as he had forgotten the combination; (also adjective) a combination lock.
combine harvester
a machine that both harvests and threshes crops.
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