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grain elevator

grain elevator noun: a large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that it uses an elevating mechanism to hold the grain in one of many different bins, and that it is designed to fill large trucks and train cars for shipping grain in bulk.

grain elevator: a large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that...
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Noun

grain elevator (plural grain elevators)

  1. (Canada, US) A large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that it uses an elevating mechanism to hold the grain in one of many different bins, and that it is designed to fill large trucks and train cars for shipping grain in bulk.
    • By analyzing the costs of operating a country grain elevator these advantages, if any exist, should appear.1922, Joseph Bernard Kenkel, The Cooperative Elevator Movement: A Study in Grain Marketing at Country Points in the North Central States, Catholic University of America, pg. 97
    • Interest in the safety and health of workers in grain elevators has increased substantially since the series of recent grain elevator explosions and fires.1980, United States Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Health and Safety, A staff report on the oversight of the Occupational Safety and Health...

Forms of grain elevator

pluralgrain elevators

Questions about grain elevator

What does grain elevator mean?
Grain elevator means a large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that it uses an elevating mechanism to hold the grain in one of many different bins, and that it is designed to fill large trucks and train cars for shipping grain in bulk.
What part of speech is grain elevator?
Grain elevator is a noun.
What is the plural of grain elevator?
The plural of grain elevator is grain elevators.

Words near grain elevator in the dictionary

  1. grain boundary
  2. grain car
  3. grain cars
  4. Grain Coast
  5. grain corn
  6. grain elevator
  7. grain elevators
  8. grain engulfment
  9. grain engulfments
  10. grain entrapment
  11. grain entrapments

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