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gra⋅na⋅ry

  [grey-nuh-ree, gran-uh-]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. a storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it has been threshed or husked.
2. a region that produces great quantities of grain.
Origin:
1560–70; < L grānārium, equiv. to grān(um) grain + -ārium -ary
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gran·a·ry   (grān'ə-rē, grā'nə-)   
n.   pl. gran·a·ries

  1. A building for storing threshed grain.

  2. A region yielding much grain.


[Latin grānārium, from grānum, grain; see gə-no- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

granary 
1570, from L. granarium, from granum "grain" (see grain).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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