thresher
thresher · threshers
молотарка
цеп, молотилка
Dreschflegel, Flegel, Dreschmaschine
Anything or anyone that threshesAnything or anyone that threshes.
/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
Meaning
3 sensesAnything or anyone that threshes.
(historical)A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
Dreschflegel, Flegel
цепcep
A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
Dreschmaschine
молоти́лкаmolotílka
молотаркаmolotarka
a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
farm machine:
Русский
By meaning 2
hand tool:
farm machine:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
hand tool:
farm machine:
Origin
From Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought toFrom Middle English thresshere; equivalent to thresh + -er. The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
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Forms
plural: threshersSynonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed:thrasherthresher sharkfox sharkAlopius vulpinus
- a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw:thrasherthreshing machine