noun
- machines used to separate grain from harvested crops
- large sharks with extremely long tail fins used to stun prey
- people who thresh grain by hand or operate threshing equipment
Usage: agricultural equipment
Usage: marine biology
Usage: agricultural workers
Examples
- The farmers brought their threshers to the wheat fields during harvest season.
- Modern threshers can process hundreds of acres in a single day.
- Threshers are easily recognized by their distinctive long tails.
- The thresher shark uses its tail to herd and stun schools of fish.
- Before mechanization, threshers worked long hours separating grain by hand.
- The museum displayed antique threshers from the early 1900s.
- Marine biologists study threshers to understand their unique hunting behavior.