Meaning & use

granary

noun·Academic

A storehouse or building used for storing threshed grain.

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Farmers filled the granary with wheat before the first winter storm.

The region was once called the granary of the empire for its huge grain surplus.

A note on using this word

Figuratively, 'granary' describes a region that produces large amounts of grain for a wider area.

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