grain elevator

American  

noun

1. elevator.

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grain elevator British  

noun

1. a machine for raising grain to a higher level, esp one having an endless belt fitted with scoops

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Etymology

Origin of grain elevator

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Pellets are fed back into the reactor with a simple grain elevator, and the reactor itself has no moving parts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The Mississippi River port will buy his beans for about 40 to 45 cents more than the local grain elevator near him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

They used to take advantage of a grain elevator in Mayfield, Kentucky — a massive facility that bought and stored millions of bushels of grain from farmers.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023

The hamlet of Arthur, where Mr. Burgum grew up and where his family’s prosperous, century-old grain elevator dominates the flat landscape, is still more removed from the nation’s political currents.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Seven months earlier, on a frosty March afternoon, McCandless had ambled into the office at the Carthage grain elevator and announced that he was ready to go to work.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer