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

Rendered in ultra-realistic Precisionist style, his steel-and-concrete grain elevator dwarfs its surroundings, while crisscrossing rays of intense sunlight link it to the heavens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 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

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

With the coming of the railroads and the grain elevator, the sacks suddenly became a problem.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan