combine harvester

US/ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/

noun

A farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.

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Meanings

nouncombine harvester (plural combine harvesters)

plural combine harvesters

  1. agricultureA farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.

    Synonyms: combine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA farm machine that harvests, threshes, and winnows ripe grain.

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Origin

So called because it is a single harvester that manages to combine several machines into one, doing several jobs: a reaper component doing the reaping, a thresher component doing the threshing, and a winnower component doing the winnowing.

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Translations

Afrikaans stroper
  • stropercombine
Arabic حَصَّادَة شَامِلَة, حَصَّادَة
  • حَصَّادَة شَامِلَة (ḥaṣṣāda šāmila)combine
  • حَصَّادَة (ḥaṣṣāda)combine
Bulgarian комба́йн
  • комба́йн (kombájn)combine
Catalan recol·lectora
  • recol·lectoracombine
Chinese Mandarin 聯合收割機 /联合收割机, 康拜因
  • 聯合收割機 /联合收割机 (liánhé shōugējī)combine
  • 康拜因 (kāngbàiyīn)combine
Czech kombajn
  • kombajncombine
Danish mejetærsker
  • mejetærskercombine
Dutch maaidorser
  • maaidorsercombine
Esperanto kombajno, rikolta draŝmaŝino
  • kombajnocombine
  • rikolta draŝmaŝinocombine
Estonian kombain
  • kombaincombine
Finnish leikkuupuimuri, puimuri
  • leikkuupuimuricombine
  • puimuricombine
French moissonneuse-batteuse
  • moissonneuse-batteusecombine
German Mähdrescher, Combine
  • Mähdreschercombine
  • Combinecombine
  • Kombinecombine
Greek θεριζοαλωνιστική μηχανή, κομπίνα
  • θεριζοαλωνιστική μηχανή (therizoalonistikí michaní)combine
  • κομπίνα (kompína)combine
Hebrew קומביין תבואות, קומביין
  • קומביין תבואותcombine
  • קומבייןcombine
  • קצרדשcombine
Hungarian kombájn
  • kombájncombine
Icelandic þreskivél
  • þreskivélcombine
Italian mietitrebbiatrice
  • mietitrebbiatricecombine
Japanese コンバインハーベスター, コンバイン
  • コンバインハーベスター (konbain hābesutā)combine
  • コンバイン (konbain)combine
Korean 콤바인
  • 콤바인 (kombain)combine
Latvian kombains
  • kombainscombine
Lithuanian kombainas
  • kombainascombine
Norwegian Bokmål skurdtresker, skurtresker
  • skurdtreskercombine
  • skurtreskercombine
Persian کمباین
  • کمباین (kombâyn)combine
Polish kombajn
  • kombajncombine
Portuguese colheitadeira, ceifeira-debulhadora
  • colheitadeiracombine
  • ceifeira-debulhadoracombine
  • colhedeiracombine
Romanian secerătoare-treierătoare, combină
  • secerătoare-treierătoarecombine
  • combinăcombine
Russian комба́йн
  • комба́йн (kombájn)combine
Slovak kombajn
  • kombajncombine
Spanish cosechadora, trilladora
  • cosechadoracombine
  • trilladoracombine
Swedish skördetröska, tröska
  • skördetröskacombine
  • tröskacombine
Turkish biçerdöver
  • biçerdövercombine
Ukrainian комба́йн
  • комба́йн (kombájn)combine
Vietnamese máy liên hợp, máy gặt đập liên hợp
  • máy liên hợpcombine
  • máy gặt đập liên hợpcombine
Welsh cynaeafydd, combein
  • cynaeafyddcombine
  • combeincombine
Cite this entry
APA

combine harvester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combine%20harvester

MLA

“combine harvester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combine%20harvester. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “combine harvester,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combine%20harvester.

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