a storehouse or repository for grain, especially after it has been threshed or husked.
a region that produces great quantities of grain.
a building or store room for storing threshed grain, farm feed, etc
a region that produces a large amount of grain
1560–70; < Latin grānārium, equivalent to grān ( um ) grain + -ārium -ary
If you're wondering where to store your grain, the simple answer is — in a granary. Not much more to say, really. A granary is where grain is stored. One clear way to remember the meaning of granary is that it sounds like what it is. If I were to ask you to invent a word that means "the place where grain is stored" you'd very likely come up with granary — though admittedly, the spelling is a little different. In the same way that wine comes from a winery, you'll find granaries the world over filled with, well, grain.
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Faria turned toward downtown, mentioning that business owners are trying to hang on but that the old granary by the railroad tracks closed not long ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024
Since then, the heaviest rains in a decade have hit central China, ravaging wheat fields in an area known as the country's granary.
From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2023
The NHS Better Health website recommends keeping a small selection of different types of bread in the freezer like bagels, pittas and wraps, granary or multigrain.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023
All she knows is that her stately home in Chellanam, which withstood the test of time for nearly a century, is corroding and her granary is empty.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023
Ghost was stretched out asleep beneath the wattle-and-daub wall of the granary, but he woke when Jon appeared, bushy white tail held stiffly upright as he trotted to them.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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