Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: reaper
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ipɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: harvester, reaper
    Meaning: farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
  • Synonyms: Grim_Reaper, Reaper
    Meaning: Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe
  • Synonyms: harvester, reaper
    Meaning: someone who helps to gather the harvest
Usage examples
  • At the foot of Pluto's throne Hercules saw Death the Reaper.
  • As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both by suffering and bliss.
  • He was clothed in a black robe spotted with stars and his fleshless hand held the sharp sickle with which he is said to cut down mortals as the reaper cuts down corn.
  • The application of machinery in the harvest-field had begun with the embryonic reaper, while both the bicycle and the automobile were heralded in primitive prototypes.