Granary Definition

grănə-rē, grānə-
granaries
noun
granaries
A building for storing threshed grain.
Webster's New World
A region that produces much grain.
Webster's New World

(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

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Noun

Singular:
granary
Plural:
granaries

Origin of Granary

  • Latin grānārium from grānum grain gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From grain +‎ -ary or from Latin grānārium.

    From Wiktionary

Granary Sentence Examples

  • There is an immense granary and a wool warehouse with capacity for 40,000 bales.

  • The restaurant itself is housed in a vast restored granary.

  • The old 19th century granary overlooking the harbor is now the Crusoe hotel.

  • To the south-east stretches the fruitful plain of Beauce, "the granary of France," of which the town is the commercial centre.

  • The dock housed the first purpose built granary for the Baltic grain market.

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