granary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
    garner.

WordNet


Gran"a*ry noun
Etymology
L. granarium, fr. granum grain. See Garner.
Wordforms
plural Granaries
Definitions
  1. A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain. in this sense, equivalent to "breadbasket", used figuratively
    The exhaustless granary of a world. Thomson.

Webster 1913