granary
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granary
- /ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/ UK
- /ˈɡɹænəɹi/ US
- /ˈɡɹeɪnəɹi/ US, dialectal
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin grānārium (16th century). Equivalent to grain + -ary. Doublet of garner.
noun granaries · granarys
- A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed. For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war
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A fertile, grain-growing region.
Similar: breadbasket
Translations
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noun storage facility
| Español | granero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 곡창 gokchang |
| 日本語 | 穀倉 kokusō |
| 中文 | 筒倉 /筒仓 tǒngcāng, 糧倉 /粮仓 liángcāng |
| हिन्दी | धान्यागार dhānyāgār, अन्नागार annāgār, बखारी bakhārī |
| Kiswahili | ghala, ghala ya nafaka |
| Português | celeiro |
| Français | grenier |
| Deutsch | Getreidespeicher, Kornhaus, Kornspeicher, Speicher |
| Italiano | granaio |
| Ελληνικά | σιταποθήκη sitapothíki, σιτοβολώνας sitovolónas |
| Română | grânar |
| Русский | зернохрани́лище zernoxranílišče, амба́р ambár, жи́тница žítnica |
| Tiếng Việt | kho thóc, kho ngũ cốc |
| العربية | مَخْزَن الْحُبُوب maḵzan al-ḥubūb, شُونَة šūna |
| עברית | מַמְּגוּרָה mamgurá, אָסָם asám |
noun fertile, grain-growing region
| 中文 | 糧倉 /粮仓 liángcāng |
|---|---|
| Português | celeiro |
| Français | grenier à blé |
| Deutsch | Kornkammer |
| Italiano | granaio |
| Ελληνικά | σιτοβολώνας sitovolónas |
| Русский | жи́тница žítnica |
Talk about this word "granary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/granary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. granary. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/granary "granary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/granary.Cite this
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title = {granary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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