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Granaries
(gcide) | 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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Granaries
(gcide) | 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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