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

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grain elevator

At the local grain elevator, Guinnip is offered about $10 a bushel for his soybeans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 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

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

Once a community loses key businesses like a post office or grain elevator, “there is a point of no return,” said Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, a professor of agricultural economics at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022

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