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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
granary \gran"ary\, n.; pl. granaries. l. granarium, fr.
granum grain. see garner.
1. a storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is
thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.
1913 webster
2. hence: fig., a region fertile in grain; in this sense,
equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively; as,
ukraine, the granary of the soviet union.
1913 webster +pjc
the exhaustless granary of a world. --thomson.
1913 webster
see also:
granaries garner breadbasket
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
breadbasket \bread"bas`ket\, n.
the stomach. humorous --s. foote.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
breadbasket
n 1: a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
2: an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary
canal; the principal organ of digestion syn: stomach, tummy,
tum
3: a basket for serving bread
see also:
stomach tummy tum
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