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Granary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Granary has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

2

A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
storehouse
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
crib

Origin

The word granary comes from the Latin grānārium, which was formed by combining "grain" with a suffix meaning "place for." It entered English in the 16th century and is related to the word garner.

Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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