granary

Cereal storage building

A granary is a building or room for storing grain after harvest.

By extension, granary describes any region that produces large quantities of grain: Ukraine was once called the granary of Europe.

The word suggests abundance and agricultural wealth.

grain

wheat

Cereal crop for flour

  • barleyGrain for malt
  • ryeHardy cereal crop
  • oatsCereal grain for porridge

corn · rice · millet · sorghum · spelt · teff · buckwheat · amaranth · quinoa · kernel

building

barn

Agricultural storage structure

repository · depot · elevator · mill · shed · loft · cellar · pantry · larder · storeroom

harvest

threshing

Extracting grain from stalks

  • reapingCutting crops for collection
  • yieldProduce or relinquish
  • cropCultivated agricultural plants

bounty · gathering · gleaning · combine · harvester · autumn · seasonal · fieldwork · produce · abundance

sustenance

provision

Preparatory supply or clause

drought · reserves · surplus · rationing · subsistence · bread basket · staple · supply · abundance · prosperity

farming

agriculture

Cultivation of land, livestock

homestead · cropland · tillage · plow · fallow · irrigate · farmer · tractor · scythe · barnyard

Categories
Opposites
storage function

granarydistribution center

Facility for routing goods

marketplace · mill · barn · silo

agricultural abundance

granarywasteland

Uninhabitable barren region

dust bowl · desert · food desert · scorched earth · depleted soil

storage vs. consumption/depletion

granarymill

Grain-crushing facility

bakery · brewery · marketplace · dining hall · kitchen

Family

granaries

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G