grain elevator
nounUK /ˈɡreɪn ˌɛlɪveɪtə/
US /ˈɡreɪn ˌɛlɪveɪtər/
A grain elevator is a tall building where farmers bring their grain to be stored.
The farmer drove his truck full of wheat to the grain elevator.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A machine that lifts grain and moves it into storage bins.
The grain elevator carried the corn up to the top of the silo.
3. A company or business that buys and stores grain.
He sold his crop to the local grain elevator.
4. A tall structure with buckets on a belt used to raise grain.
The old grain elevator still stands beside the railroad tracks.