combine harvester

Questions

How do you pronounce combine harvester?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/.

What does combine harvester mean?

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

Where does combine harvester come from?

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.

How to pronounce combine harvester

1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “combine harvester”.
2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈkɑmˌbaɪn ˈhɑɹvəstəɹ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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