English Explanatory Dictionary

thresher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything or anyone that threshes.
  2. A now-obsolete hand tool for threshing, also called a flail.
  3. A modern farm machine for threshing grain, now a part of combine harvesters rather than a separate implement.
  4. Ellipsis of thresher shark.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈθɹɛʃə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-thresher.wav

Word forms

thresher threshers

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.

Related words

threshing thresh Alopias

Derived words

harvester-thresher thresherman thresher whale
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