a storehouse or repository for grain, especially after it has been threshed or husked.
a region that produces great quantities of grain.
a building or store room for storing threshed grain, farm feed, etc
a region that produces a large amount of grain
1560–70; < Latin grānārium, equivalent to grān ( um ) grain + -ārium -ary
If you're wondering where to store your grain, the simple answer is — in a granary. Not much more to say, really. A granary is where grain is stored. One clear way to remember the meaning of granary is that it sounds like what it is. If I were to ask you to invent a word that means "the place where grain is stored" you'd very likely come up with granary — though admittedly, the spelling is a little different. In the same way that wine comes from a winery, you'll find granaries the world over filled with, well, grain.
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Faria turned toward downtown, mentioning that business owners are trying to hang on but that the old granary by the railroad tracks closed not long ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
But after the bodies were taken away and the granary was handed back, Mr Bufton's parents, Jack and Muriel, found the lost Iron Cross embellished with the swastika.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2023
In Henan province, known as the granary of China, moderate to heavy rains are expected to continue till at least June 4.
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2023
All she knows is that her stately home in Chellanam, which withstood the test of time for nearly a century, is corroding and her granary is empty.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
In the granary, unused for so long, I stored away half a bag of rice, two measures of dhal and nearly a pound of chillies.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
The evo Hotel sits in the Granary District just south of downtown.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
Perhaps best described as an agricultural amusement park, Granary Road features a working farm, mini-golf, goat yoga, and a park with interactive, educational activities for kids.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Last season, Granary of Sloboda's harvest amounted to 3,000 tons of wheat, 3,000 tons of sunflower and 1,000 tons of corn.
From Reuters ● Apr. 11, 2022
There was mixed emotions about leaving the mountains for Granary Cottage in the picturesque village of Nonington, a short drive from Shaun's new lecturing job at the University of Kent in nearby Canterbury.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2017
Now, why should the sparrows of the roost prefer King's Chapel Burial Ground to the Old Granary, a stone's throw up the street?
From Roof and Meadow by Sharp, Dallas Lore
More broadly, the world is lucky that war broke out after several bountiful harvests filled granaries, says Joseph Glauber, research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Many of the region’s other mountain villages were abandoned, their granaries turned into tourist attractions or, in at least one case, a “Star Wars” filming location.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Meanwhile, milled and paddy rice stocks at government granaries of 57.82 million tonnes are more than quadruple a target of 13.54 million tonnes.
From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2022
Also, aid agencies can’t reach the nearby Red Sea Mills, one of Yemen’s largest granaries, where enough grain to feed 3.5 million people for a month is stored.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2018
Nor did the farmers foresee that in good years their bulging granaries would tempt thieves and enemies, compelling them to start building walls and doing guard duty.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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