grain elevator

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grain elevator

noun 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.

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noun a large structure for the storage of grain

Русскийэлева́тор elevátor

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@misc{grain_elevator_2026,
  title = {grain elevator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grain%20elevator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}