gra·na·ry

[grey-nuh-ree, gran-uh-]
noun, plural gra·na·ries.
1.
a storehouse or repository for grain, especially after it has been threshed or husked.
2.
a region that produces great quantities of grain.

Origin:
1560–70; < Latin grānārium, equivalent to grān(um) grain + -ārium -ary

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granary (ˈɡrænərɪ, US ˈɡreɪnərɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ries
1.  a building or store room for storing threshed grain, farm feed, etc
2.  a region that produces a large amount of grain
 
[C16: from Latin grānārium, from grānumgrain]

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Granary is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Granary (ˈɡrænərɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
trademark (of bread, flour, etc) containing malted wheat grain

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granary
1570, from L. granarium, from granum "grain" (see grain).
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Example sentences
It is the oldest and third largest granary area in the country.
In addition to the outbuildings listed, there is a steel granary located on the
  property.
The property includes another smaller mill, a granary and a storehouse.
Of the structures, the house and granary have not been significantly altered.
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