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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A building for storing threshed grain.

n. A region yielding much grain.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

n. A fertile, grain-growing region.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.

n. A region fertile in grain; in this sense, equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A storehouse or repository for grain after it is threshed, or for maize in the ear; a corn-house.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

Word Usage

"Arab _Ar'ab_, not _arab_ arid _ar'id_ asphalt _asfalt_, not _fawlt_ bade _bad_ catch not _ketch_ defalcate _defal'kate_, not _fawl_ dilletante _dilletan'te_ forbade _forbad_ granary _granary_ program _pro'gram_, not _grum_ rapine _rap'in_ rational _rational_ sacrament _sacrament_"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

entrepot store depot storehouse storage

Cross Reference

grain elevator silo

Variant

breadbasket

Hyponym

crib

Form

granary bread

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cornhouse storehouse garner grange

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

guardhouse storehouse barn outhouse smithy shanty bakery woodshed