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The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies.
Gro Harlem Brundtland

Meaning of "granaries" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRANARIES

granaries  [ˈɡrænərɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRANARIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Granaries is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRANARIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

granaries

Granary

A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made out of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRANARIES


catenaries
kəˈtiːnərɪz
centenaries
senˈtiːnərɪz
cessionaries
ˈseʃənərɪz
chicaneries
ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪz
coronaries
ˈkɒrənərɪz
dictionaries
ˈdɪkʃənərɪz
ferneries
ˈfɜːnərɪz
fineries
ˈfaɪnərɪz
legionaries
ˈliːdʒənərɪz
luminaries
ˈluːmɪnərɪz
mercenaries
ˈmɜːsɪnərɪz
nunneries
ˈnʌnərɪz
ordinaries
ˈɔːdənərɪz
preliminaries
prɪˈlɪmɪnərɪz
sceneries
ˈsiːnərɪz
seminaries
ˈsemɪnərɪz
Stannaries
ˈstænərɪz
subordinaries
sʌbˈɔːdɪnərɪz
turneries
ˈtɜːnərɪz
vineries
ˈvaɪnərɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRANARIES

gran
Gran Canaria
gran cassa
Gran Chaco
Gran Paradiso
gran turismo
Grana Padano
Granada
granadilla
Granados
granary
Granary bread
grand
Grand Bahama
Grand Banks
Grand Canal
Grand Canary
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon State
grand chain

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRANARIES

accessories
anniversaries
beneficiaries
binaries
boundaries
canaries
commentaries
confectionaries
diaries
documentaries
glossaries
itineraries
libraries
missionaries
obituaries
ovaries
salaries
secretaries
subsidiaries
summaries
varies

Synonyms and antonyms of granaries in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «granaries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRANARIES

Find out the translation of granaries to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of granaries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «granaries» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粮仓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

graneros
570 millions of speakers

English

granaries
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनाज का भंडार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صوامع الحبوب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зернохранилища
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

celeiros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Granados
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

greniers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Granados
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Getreidespeicher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

穀倉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

곡물 저장고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Granados
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kho thóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Granados
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रेनाडोस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Granados
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

granai
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spichlerze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зерносховища
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hambare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σιταποθήκες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skure
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spannmålsmagasin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kornmagasiner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of granaries

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRANARIES»

The term «granaries» is regularly used and occupies the 56.275 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRANARIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about granaries

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QUOTES WITH «GRANARIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word granaries.
1
Gro Harlem Brundtland
The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRANARIES»

Discover the use of granaries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to granaries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Mingqi Pottery Buildings of Han Dynasty China, 206 BC-AD ...
Chapter Four Granaries and Storehouses Pottery granaries and stoves were the most common funerary objects used across Han dynasty China. The following discussion is devoted to the pottery granaries which appeared as early as in the ...
Qinghua Guo, 2010
2
A Short History of Distributive Justice
In a famine it often happens that they will break open granaries and force the owners to sell at what they think a reasonable price. (LJ 197) Smith may be quoting Hume in this passage, as the editors of the Lectures in Jurisprudence suggest; ...
Samuel Fleischacker, 2009
3
Mao's Road to Power: From the Jinggangshan to the ...
Eighty percent of the money that the poor peasants borrowed was lent to them by the rich peasants, and 20 percent was borrowed from the public domain granaries. They did not borrow any money from the landlords directly. Ninety percent of ...
Zedong Mao, Stuart Reynolds Schram, Nancy Jane Hodes, 1992
4
Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and ...
Storing. Grain: Granaries. as. Solution. and. Problem. THE ENTIRE CAPITAL REGION, indeed Zhili Province as a whole, received substantial benef1t from of the provisioning of Beijing. Tribute grain reached the Zhili market indirectly through ...
Lillian M. Li, 2007
5
The Pictorial History of Palestine and the Holy Land, ...
which Varro describes the granaries anciently in use, all of which appear to have been successively known to the ancient Hebrews, including those now used in Syria, and which seem best suited to the climate and to the wants and habits of ...
John Kitto, 1844
6
Urban Underground Space Design in China: Vernacular and ...
In the below-ground granary pest infestation was controlled by vacuuming with an air pump. The study concludes that underground granaries are safe even in the hot summer, free from bacterial growth, do not cause discoloration of the rice or ...
Gideon Golany, 1989
7
The complete Farmer: or, a general Dictionary of Husbandry, ...
Another well attested circumstance, which strengthened their conjecture, was their being assured by persons of undoubted credit, that the corn which grows nearest to villages, farm-houses, barns, or buildings used for granaries, is always  ...
‎1777
8
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: His Life, Times, and Legacy
Capital Granaries The first capital granary was the Grand Granary (taicang )13 located in Daxingcheng, the main supplier of grains to the capital. Each month it delivered a set amount of grain as emolument to the court, central government ...
Victor Cunrui Xiong, 2012
9
Tears from Iron: Cultural Responses to Famine in ...
Ever- normal granaries also served as emergency food banks that softened the impact of natural disasters by distributing granary reserves to the poor. In addition to the grain stored in ever-normal granaries, during the eighteenth century, ...
Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley, 2008
10
Towards A Mwaghavul History: An Exploration
These were granaries diyar and locally made bags tip. A granary diyar was built out of mud in a round shape and supported underneath by stones. The mud part did not touch the ground but only the stones did. The granaries were normally ...
Joseph Dahip, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRANARIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term granaries is used in the context of the following news items.
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PN Independence Day activities moving to Valletta
PN general secretary Rosette Thake told The Sunday Times of Malta that the move away from the traditional spot at the Granaries in Floriana ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
2
Humans don't domesticate cats; cats domesticate humans
Cats arrived many thousands of years later with the development of agriculture, volunteering to do pest control in the granaries of ancient Egypt ... «The Star Democrat, Jul 15»
3
Gene Lyons: Humans don't domesticate cats; cats domesticate …
Cats arrived many thousands of years later with the development of agriculture, volunteering to do pest control in the granaries of ancient Egypt ... «Northwest Herald, Jul 15»
4
Gene Lyons: Cats domesticate humans
Cats arrived many thousands of years later with the development of agriculture, volunteering to do pest control in the granaries of ancient Egypt ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
5
Lebanon medical volunteers help Philippine mountain villagers
Their social status is measured by the number of rice field granaries, family heirlooms, earrings and water buffaloes they own. Weller began ... «Lebanon Express, Jul 15»
6
Rice stocks from subsidy scheme must be liquidated soon
Of course, the rice in groups 2 and 3 must be ridden with weevils, which is the main factor that makes rice stocked in the state's granaries rotten ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
7
Poverty under the carpet
... improvements over the past decade, yet the present situation is nothing but depressingly shameful, especially when our granaries are full. «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Traffic policeman had helmet forcefully removed in assault
An Egyptian man who attacked police officers during the recent Isle of MTV concert at the Granaries was remanded in custody this morning. «MaltaToday, Jul 15»
9
MTA thanks partners after successful Isle of MTV festival
... and to the cleansing teams that worked throughout the night and made sure that the Floriana Granaries as well as all the surrounding areas ... «MaltaToday, Jul 15»
10
Explore the world of the Southwest's ancient Pueblo people
Seeing kivas, granaries and pictographs free of such distractions gives one a sense of discovery and connection to history. And seeing the ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»

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