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

He served in the Army in Korea, and after, he went to work on a farm grain elevator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

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

The explosion and fired happened about 11:15 a.m. in Marengo at a grain elevator owned by Heartland Crush.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

He gave McCandless em-ployment at the grain elevator and rented him a cheap room in one of the two houses he owned.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer