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granary

/ˈɡɹænəɹi/

Meanings
noun
A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

Examples :

"The farmer built a large granary to protect his wheat from the rain and mice. "
agriculture building food

Related Words

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region noun

/ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩/

Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

"the equatorial regions"

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because adverb

/bɪˈkɒz/ /biˈkɔz/

For the reason (that).

"I went to the park because the weather was nice. "

Illustration growing

growing verb

/ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/ /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/

To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

"Children grow quickly."

Illustration facility

facility noun

/fəˈsɪlɪti/

The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.

"The new math curriculum has a facility in explaining fractions, making it easy for students to grasp the concept. "

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sometimes adjective

/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/

Former; sometime.

"My sometimes neighbor, a retired teacher, still visits the school occasionally. "

Illustration protect

protect verb

/pɹəˈtɛkt/

To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

"Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases."

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united verb

/juːˈnaɪtɪd/ /juˈnaɪtɪd/

To bring together as one.

"I hope this song can unite people from all different cultures."

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produces verb

/pɹəˈdjuːsɪz/ /pɹəˈdusɪz/

To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.

"Our apple tree produces a lot of fruit every summer. "

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farmer noun

/fɑːmə/ /fɑɹmɚ/

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.

"The farmer planted corn in his fields every spring. "

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storage noun

/ˈstɔ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/

The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

"The storage of winter clothes in the attic is a family tradition. "

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fertile adjective

/ˈfɝːtaɪl/ /ˈfɜːtaɪl/

(of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive

"The fertile soil allowed the farmer to grow a large harvest of corn. "

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animal noun

/ˈænɪməl/

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

"A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants."