granary, garner
(noun) a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
granary (plural granaries or granarys)
(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
(figuratively) A fertile, grain-growing region.
• (fertile region): breadbasket, rice bowl
Source: Wiktionary
Gran"a*ry, n.; pl. Granaries. Etym: [L. granarium, fr. granum grain. See Garner.]
Definition: A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain. The exhaustless granary of a world. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 February 2025
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
