granary
noun
gra·na·ry
ˈgrā-nə-rē 
ˈgra-
ˈgra-
plural granaries
1
a
: a storehouse for threshed grain
b
: a region producing grain in abundance
2
: a chief source or storehouse
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At the site, researchers also found granaries, cow burials and pottery containing fish bones.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Off the boat, there are likable Ancestral Puebloan sites with 11,000-year-old petroglyphs and granaries–including the rock art site at Lathrop Canyon in the Needles district, which sits across from Island in the Sky—and pearly sand beaches below 1,500-foot-high cliffs.
—Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2024
Its copper furnace and granary had remained semi-intact even after the British plundered the site’s bricks for a railroad.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
The oldest adobe building that is still standing is near Luxor, Egypt, the granaries of Ramesseum, which are believed to have been built by Ramses II around 1300 B.C.E.
How are adobe buildings made and maintained?
—Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Off the boat, there are likable Ancestral Puebloan sites with 11,000-year-old petroglyphs and granaries–including the rock art site at Lathrop Canyon in the Needles district, which sits across from Island in the Sky—and pearly sand beaches below 1,500-foot-high cliffs.
—Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2024
Its copper furnace and granary had remained semi-intact even after the British plundered the site’s bricks for a railroad.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
The oldest adobe building that is still standing is near Luxor, Egypt, the granaries of Ramesseum, which are believed to have been built by Ramses II around 1300 B.C.E.
How are adobe buildings made and maintained?
—Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
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granary
noun
gra·na·ry
ˈgrān-(ə-)rē
ˈgran-
ˈgran-
plural granaries
1
: a storehouse for grain
2
: a region producing plenty of grain
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