How to pronounce combine
American English pronunciation
KOM-byn
- IPA
- /ˈkɑmˌbaɪn/
- Syllables
- KOM · byn (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What combine means
Most people know combine in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A farm machine that cuts and threshes grain
In a sentence: The farmer drove the big combine across the wheat field until every row was cut.
Where it comes from: It is short for combine harvester. Combine comes from the Latin combinare, to join together, from words meaning together and two by two.
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