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

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grain elevator

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

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

But without the grain elevator or on-farm storage and with limited transportation options, Lowry explained that his neighbors would have been stuck with soybeans in their fields.

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

With the coming of the railroads and the grain elevator, the sacks suddenly became a problem.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan