grain elevator

noun

: a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain

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Conversations are happening at places like The Wild Goose, a cozy coffee shop tucked inside an old grain elevator in the tiny town of Hayden, Colo. Scott Franz, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025 Farmers need to transport a harvested crop from the field to a grain elevator or processing plant, typically on public roads. Richard Bishop, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 Burgum is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who grew up in a small North Dakota farming community working at his family’s grain elevator. Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Silos and grain elevators loom over flat prairies at the Archer Daniels Midland processing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for grain elevator 

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of grain elevator was in 1852

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“Grain elevator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grain%20elevator. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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