grain elevator
noun
: a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain
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The new restaurant at 405 Sixth St., Waukee, sits in the shadow of the grain elevators in Old Town.
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Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 15 Jan. 2026
The nest boxes can be placed in a variety of structures, including barns, silos, granaries, grain elevators, and church steeples, or mounted on a free-standing pole.
—Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 15 Dec. 2025
The farm was outside of Masonville, a town in Eastern Iowa with a fish fry/bar, a church, a grain elevator and not much else.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2025
Soybeans are piling up across the Midwest, spilling out of bins and grain elevators from North Dakota to Missouri.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 15 Jan. 2026
The nest boxes can be placed in a variety of structures, including barns, silos, granaries, grain elevators, and church steeples, or mounted on a free-standing pole.
—Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 15 Dec. 2025
The farm was outside of Masonville, a town in Eastern Iowa with a fish fry/bar, a church, a grain elevator and not much else.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2025
Soybeans are piling up across the Midwest, spilling out of bins and grain elevators from North Dakota to Missouri.
—Patricia Lopez, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grain elevator
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“Grain elevator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grain%20elevator. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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