grain elevator
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grain elevator
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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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 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
They used to take advantage of a grain elevator in Mayfield, Kentucky — a massive facility that bought and stored millions of bushels of grain from farmers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
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 grain elevator is the only buyer in town, and the elevator only pays for corn and soybeans.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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