grain elevator

noun

: a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain

Examples of grain elevator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Minneapolis Interim Fire Chief Melanie Rucker said at the news conference that the teen landed on another flat roof outside the elevator that might have been softer than landing inside the grain elevator. — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 11 Aug. 2026

Throughout July, Ukrainian sources reported Gerberas striking civilian and industrial infrastructure across Chernihiv Oblast, including gas stations, grain elevators, energy facilities, and residential buildings. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Plowden spent his career photographing small-town and rural America, from farmlands to towering grain elevators and locomotives. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

But in two dozen recent interviews along Colorado’s Highway 52 — a two-lane blacktop road punctuated by grain elevators, feedlots and oil pumpjacks — Trump voters echoed the president's logic. — Brad Brooks, USA Today, 16 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for grain elevator

• accelerator
• accumulator
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Kids Definition

grain elevator

noun

: elevator sense 1c