grain elevator

noun

1. elevator ( def 4 ).

grain elevator

noun

1. a machine for raising grain to a higher level, esp one having an endless belt fitted with scoops

Word History and Origins

Origin of grain elevator¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

They used to take advantage of a grain elevator in Mayfield, Kentucky — a massive facility that bought and stored millions of bushels of grain from farmers.

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But without the grain elevator or on-farm storage and with limited transportation options, Lowry explained that his neighbors would have been stuck with soybeans in their fields.

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“Where are you getting water? Wherever you can find it,” said Jim Bell, a longtime farmer in the area who manages Sedan Farm Supply, which runs a small grain elevator and retail store selling feed, seed and other products.

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Joan Meyer lived with a police scanner in her house, first because her husband would listen to it for stories and then because a new cell tower atop a grain elevator blocked the scanner signal in the newsroom.

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During harvest season, Fortner and eight employees work 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to cut the wheat and get it to a grain elevator.

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