threshing
Beating harvested wheat
Threshing is the process of separating grain from its stalks and husks, traditionally by beating harvested plants with a flail or trampling them underfoot.
Mechanical threshers and combine harvesters have largely replaced manual methods.
The word appears in figurative contexts suggesting vigorous beating or exhaustive processing: He gave the topic a thorough threshing.
Swing limbs erratically
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- separationState of being apart
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- tramplingCrushing underfoot repeatedly
sifting · husking · dehusking · shaking · tossing · cleaning · hulling · stripping
Swing limbs erratically
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
- pitchforkPronged tool for moving straw
- cradleRocking bed for infants
fan · basket · sieve · wooden mallet · mortar and pestle
Agricultural storage structure
- farmyardArea around farm buildings
- granaryBuilding for storing cereals
- fieldArea of specialty
- haystackPiled dried grass
countryside · harvest time · autumn · era · rural · pastoral · homestead · oxen
Merge, or harvesting machine
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
- binderDevice securing loose pages
- grain elevatorTall crop storage facility
- balerBundle-making farm machine
mechanization · tractor · diesel engine · conveyor · hopper
flail
Swing limbs erratically
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- separationState of being apart
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
trampling · sifting · husking · dehusking · shaking · tossing · cleaning · hulling · stripping · pounding
flail
Swing limbs erratically
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
- pitchforkPronged tool for moving straw
cradle · fan · basket · sieve · wooden mallet · mortar and pestle
wheat
Cereal crop for flour
rye · millet · sorghum · teff · spelt · paddy · sheaves · straw · chaff · husk
barn
Agricultural storage structure
haystack · countryside · harvest time · autumn · era · rural · pastoral · homestead · oxen · peasants
combine
Merge, or harvesting machine
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
- binderDevice securing loose pages
- grain elevatorTall crop storage facility
baler · mechanization · tractor · diesel engine · conveyor · hopper
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
- American Farmingfamily farms, corn, wheat, hay, farmsteads
- crop farmingharvesting, planting, tractors, fertilizing, fertilizer
- farm lifefarm, farmer, farmers, farming, barn
- grain farmingwheat, wheat field, wheat fields, wheat farming, corn
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- threshing floorSurface for grain separation
- threshing machineGrain-stalk separation apparatus