Noun

1. A large structure for the storage of grain.
   • 1922, Joseph Bernard Kenkel, The Cooperative Elevator Movement: A Study in Grain Marketing at Country Points in the North Central States, Catholic University of America, pg. 97

     By analyzing the costs of operating a country grain elevator these advantages, if any exist, should appear.

   • 1980, United States Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Health and Safety, A staff report on the oversight of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with respect to grain elevator fires and explosions, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. pg 3

     Interest in the safety and health of workers in grain elevators has increased substantially since the series of recent grain elevator explosions and fires.

   • 1996, Lisa Mahar-Keplinger, Grain Elevators, Princeton Architectural Press, ISBN 1878271350, pg. 9

     As the grain elevator and other industrial structures became more common on the plains, they redefind the traditional pastoral image of the American landscape.