reaper
noun/ˈriːpər/
Frequency rank: #9,576 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person or machine that cuts and gathers crops at harvest time.
Example sentence
The farmer hired an extra reaper to help harvest the wheat before the storm arrived.
Synonyms & related words
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