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thresher

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noun
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As a noun, thresher means anything or anyone that threshes.

Meanings of thresher

6 meanings

noun

  1. agricultureAnything or anyone that threshes.

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

  3. zoologyShort for thresher shark.

  4. A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw

    Similar: thrasher, threshing machine

  5. Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feedanimal

    Similar: thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus
Older and rare meanings (1)

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

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the hus…
thrasherthreshing machine
noun: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail use…
thrasherthresher sharkfox sharkAlopius vulpinus

Words that rhyme with thresher

pressurefresherrefresherflesher

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