grain elevator
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grain elevator
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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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
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
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