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

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grain elevator

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

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

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

He gave McCandless em-ployment at the grain elevator and rented him a cheap room in one of the two houses he owned.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer