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[syn: granary, garner]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Granary \Gran"a*ry\, n.; pl. Granaries. [L. granarium, fr.
granum grain. See Garner.]
1. A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is
thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.
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2. Hence: (Fig.), A region fertile in grain; in this sense,
equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively; as,
Ukraine, the granary of the Soviet Union.
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The exhaustless granary of a world. --Thomson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
granary
n 1: a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed [syn:
granary, garner]