Meanings
thresher1
plural threshers
- agricultureAnything or anyone that threshes.
- agricultureA modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
Thresher2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
nounlarge pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*þreskaną
- Old Englishþrescan
- Middle Englishthreschen
- Middle Englishthreschere
- Englishthresher
From Middle English threschere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian върша́чка
- върша́чка (văršáčka)farm machine
Catalan trillaire, trill
- trillaireanything or anyone that threshes
- trillhand tool
- ventadorafarm machine
Chinese Mandarin 脱粒机
- 脱粒机 (tuōlìjī)farm machine
Czech mlátička
- mlátičkafarm machine
Danish tærskeværk
- tærskeværkfarm machine
Dutch vlegel, dorsmachine
- vlegelhand tool
- dorsmachinefarm machine
Esperanto draŝmaŝino
- draŝmaŝinofarm machine
Finnish puimuri, puija
- puimurianything or anyone that threshes
- puijaanything or anyone that threshes
- varstahand tool
- puimurifarm machine
- puimakonefarm machine
French fléau, batteuse
- fléauhand tool
- batteusefarm machine
German Dreschflegel, Flegel
- Dreschflegelhand tool
- Flegelhand tool
- Dreschmaschinefarm machine
Greek αλωνιστής, αλωνιστική μηχανή
- αλωνιστής (alonistís)anything or anyone that threshes
- αλωνιστική μηχανή (alonistikí michaní)farm machine
Hungarian cséplőgép
- cséplőgépfarm machine
Indonesian mesin perontok
- mesin perontokfarm machine
Irish inneall buailte, buailteoir
- inneall buailtefarm machine
- buailteoirfarm machine
Italian trebbiatore, trebbiatrice
- trebbiatoreanything or anyone that threshes
- trebbiatricefarm machine
Japanese 脱穀機
- 脱穀機 (dakkokki)farm machine
Korean 탈곡기
- 탈곡기 (talgokgi)farm machine
Latvian kuļmašīna
- kuļmašīnafarm machine
Lithuanian kuliamoji
- kuliamojifarm machine
Norwegian Bokmål treskeverk
- treskeverkfarm machine
Polish młocarz, młocarka
- młocarzanything or anyone that threshes
- młocarkaanything or anyone that threshes
- młocarkahand tool
- młocarniafarm machine
- młockarniafarm machine
- młocarkafarm machine
Portuguese debulhador
- debulhadorfarm machine
Russian цеп, молоти́лка
- цеп (cep)hand tool
- молоти́лка (molotílka)farm machine
Scottish Gaelic inneal-bualaidh
- inneal-bualaidhfarm machine
Slovak mláťačka
- mláťačkafarm machine
Spanish trilladora, aventadora
- trilladorafarm machine
- aventadorafarm machine
- beldadorafarm machine
Swedish tröskverk
- tröskverkfarm machine
Turkish harmancı, patoz
- harmancıanything or anyone that threshes
- patozfarm machine
Ukrainian молотарка
- молотарка (molotarka)farm machine
Welsh dyrnwr
- dyrnwrfarm machine
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thresher
All rhymes →Cite this entry
thresher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thresher
“thresher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thresher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thresher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thresher.
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