grain elevator
noun
: a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain
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From Harvest To Market After harvest, the farmer’s soybean is loaded onto a truck and delivered to a local grain elevator.
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Gary McGuigan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The property had a grain elevator and 10 concrete silos.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 16 July 2025
Louis Dreyfus has a major plant in Claypool and will provide soybeans for that operation through the grain elevator at the port.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Sitting in his idling pickup one afternoon, Sherlock watched as a Canadian Pacific train rumbled by the grain elevator in the small town of Wimbledon.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
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Gary McGuigan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The property had a grain elevator and 10 concrete silos.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 16 July 2025
Louis Dreyfus has a major plant in Claypool and will provide soybeans for that operation through the grain elevator at the port.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Sitting in his idling pickup one afternoon, Sherlock watched as a Canadian Pacific train rumbled by the grain elevator in the small town of Wimbledon.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 14 Mar. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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