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grain elevator

American

noun

elevator.

grain elevator British

noun

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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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

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 explosion and fired happened about 11:15 a.m. in Marengo at a grain elevator owned by Heartland Crush.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Why, it would have taken a wagon scale to weigh her and two trips to the grain elevator to get her there.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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