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cornsheller

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English

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Etymology

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From corn +‎ sheller.

Noun

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cornsheller (plural cornshellers)

  1. A machine or machine component that separates the kernels of corn (maize) from the cob.
    Hypernyms: sheller, < machine; device
    Holonyms: (in the case of combine harvesting) combine, combine harvester
    Coordinate terms: cornshucker, cornhusker

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cornsheller”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)