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