postharvest

har·vest

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Definitions of postharvest word

noun postharvest Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops. 1
noun postharvest the season when ripened crops are gathered. 1
noun postharvest a crop or yield of one growing season. See Synonym Study at crop. 1
noun postharvest a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored: a harvest of wheat. 1
noun postharvest the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories. 1
verb with object postharvest to gather (a crop or the like); reap. 1

before 950

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 950; Middle English; Old English hærfest; cognate with German Herbst “autumn”; akin to harrow1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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