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thresher

/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
thresh-er
IPA
/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anything or anyone that threshes.

noun

A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.

noun

A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.

noun

Ellipsis of thresher shark.

name

A surname.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *þreskaną Old English þrescan Middle English threschen Middle English -er Middle English thresshere English thresher From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

threshers (plural)

Derived Forms

thresherman

Phrases

common thresher harvester-thresher thresher whale

Frequently Paired Words

threshing thresh Alopias

Synonyms

thrasher thresher shark fox shark alopius vulpinus threshing machine

Rhymes With

pressure cheshire fresher refresher escher drescher lesher flesher mescher pesher

Questions

How do you pronounce thresher?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/.
What does thresher mean?
Anything or anyone that threshes.
Where does thresher come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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