threshing machine

noun

thresh·​ing machine ˈthre-shiŋ- 

ˈthra-

: a machine for separating grain crops into grain or seeds and straw

Examples of threshing machine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of my fondest childhood memories is of visiting my maternal grandparents’ farm and watching the intricate moving mechanisms of the threshing machine. —IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2019

Twelve days into the mission, Jane Poynter, a young Englishwoman in charge of the farm, put her hand in a threshing machine while winnowing rice. —Jordan Fisher Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2010

The King family from Morgan Township took a break from threshing wheat next to their 1939 John Deere threshing machine that can be used for small grains like wheat, oats, and barley. —Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022

Two stories tall and 30 feet long, the Wolf is a 48-year-old German threshing machine, as gray as an aircraft carrier and as scarred as Frankenstein’s monster. —Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2019

Royer also did primitive American paintings of his childhood, of barn raisings and threshing machines, Vallillo said. —Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 7 June 2018

Students have worked on projects in Bangladesh, Brazil and Ethiopia, where a portable threshing machine was developed for farmers. —Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

threshing machine

noun

: a machine used for separating grain or seeds from straw