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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Even so, the attacks damaged a grain elevator and silos, a shipping company office and a marine terminal, the office of the general prosecutor said.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023

Corn kernels are dumped into a grain elevator during a harvest on a farm near Dixon, Nebraska, U.S.,

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2022

Just about the only business left standing in Churdan is the grain elevator, the tall structure where corn is stored before it is shipped elsewhere.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan