单词 | granary |
释义 | granary (once / 3065 pages) n If you're wondering where to store your grain, the simple answer is — in a granary. Not much more to say, really. A granary is where grain is stored. One clear way to remember the meaning of granary is that it sounds like what it is. If I were to ask you to invent a word that means "the place where grain is stored" you'd very likely come up with granary — though admittedly, the spelling is a little different. In the same way that wine comes from a winery, you'll find granaries the world over filled with, well, grain. WORD FAMILYgranary: granaries USAGE EXAMPLESOthers are turned into shops and granaries to store farm products. BBC(Oct 14, 2016) There are no chickens in the hen house, no grain in the granary or animals in the barn. Washington Times(Oct 10, 2016) Among the much-needed improvements made to the Granary Burying Ground include the restoration of the cemetery’s entryway and 1840 cast iron fence. Washington Times(Sep 15, 2016) n a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed Syn|Hypo|Hyper garner crib a bin or granary for storing grains corncriba crib for storing and drying ears of corn depot, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse a depository for goods |
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