(n.) A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Wheat, barley, and maize, each in 15-kg parcels at 15 and 19% initial moisture content (IMC), were kept in a Bavarian farm granary from June through November 1990.
(2) Eleven-kilogram parcels of 2-row and 6-row barley initially at 18% moisture content were implanted in dry bulk oats in a farm granary in Manitoba for 60 weeks between August 1983 and October 1984.
(3) In the São José market, once a slaves' quarter and granary, the stalls now host several bars, and this one, named after Fernando Botero, the Colombian artist known for painting roly-poly figures, is the most happening.
(4) The authors studied the commonest species of storage mites, living in granaries and in house dust.
(5) This study was performed in order to investigate the production of H2O2 by mitochondria isolated from granary weevil (Sitophilus granarius) and mouse liver on exposure to PH3.
(6) Similarly, cytogenetic methods were used to identify 349 adults collected from granaries and artificial pit-shelters.
(7) Ochratoxin A and citrinin developed in 11 kg parcels of amber durum wheat at 15% and 19% initial moisture content (MC) exposed to simulated bulk storage in a Manitoba granary for 60 weeks between July 1984 and September 1985.
(8) The granaries were pilfered with no account of why the stores were empty.
(9) Our granaries are full and we have ample food stock, but we are not able to transport supplies at a faster pace,” said Shrimani Raj Khanal, a manager at the Nepal Food Corp. Army helicopters have air-dropped instant noodles and biscuits to remote communities but people need rice and other ingredients to cook a proper meal, he said.
(10) Experiments are described for T-independent polyclonal activation of B cells in vitro by the immunoglobulin binding substance (IBS) from the granary weevil.
(11) On the 13th floor of a hotel in Leeds’s regenerated Granary Wharf area, men in suits sit around a long table.
(12) In the event of assault she can take refuge in a granary with a metal trap door.
(13) Relief maize is the only hope for subsistence farmers with little or no money, no food in the granary, and no prospect for improvement.
(14) Imagine several weeks without a Hovis granary loaf.
(15) "Our field staff are already reporting signs of distress in rural areas, including empty granaries and farmers selling off their livestock to make ends meet," said WFP country director Felix Bamezon.
(16) Eleven-kilogram parcels of HY-320 wheat, a cultivar of the new Canada Prairie Spring class, were kept at 15 and 19% initial moisture contents (IMC) in simulated storage in a Manitoba farm granary for 60 weeks to determine biotic and abiotic changes and mycotoxin production.
(17) Occupants living in a factory used previously as a granary and known to be contaminated by the rice weevil developed rhinitis and asthma.
(18) Perfectly situated within Shawlands is the Granary , a traditional pub serving hearty food and a choice of award-winning ales.
Greenery
Definition:
(n.) Green plants; verdure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The only greenery more impressive than the massive trees are the prodigious mosses and lichens hanging from every branch.
(2) Increased greenery protected only at lower levels of pollution.
(3) Cameron worked hard to land some wind turbine factories, and was put out when the chancellor went public, bang in the middle of some delicate wooing of foreign investors, with his heavily spun doubts about greenery.
(4) The Tokyo Bay area is a favourite among locals, but for a more secluded ride, complete with clearly marked cycling lanes, Yoyogi Park, a vast expanse of greenery near the trendy Harajuku neighbourhood, is hard to beat.
(5) That’s an important distinction to make, because there’s a lot of discussion of the benefits of physical activity, but even exposure to greenery is very good for mental health.” London, by some estimates , comprises 47% green space.
(6) ( spitnswordus ) Pace of life, sense of claustrophobia (lack of space), lack of greenery, crowds, pollution, constant consumer lifestyle, being constantly under the scrutiny of strangers, the weariness of dealing with many strangers; as soon as I escape to the countryside I feel much lighter and happier.
(7) There’s little greenery so, having moved there recently, I’m hoping the sea takes some of the stress out of living there.
(8) Waterfalls, lush greenery and grazing cows, in the midst of miles of golden dunes, made the scene appear unreal, like a film set – especially when our camel entered stage left.
(9) Instead of the Champs Élysées, the Parc Monceau, or the local greenery of the dusty square with a defunct fountain and a statue of some obscure 18th-century explorer.
(10) Not much greenery, but ends with warning against “trashing our planet”.
(11) But many city dwellers across the world will make a case for why their own urban environment causes so much stress – from transport nightmares and lack of greenery to high costs and social anonymity.
(12) Someone that knows their architectural history, looking at their image of a steel and glass grid filled with greenery, might recognise it as a parody of a much older design – Le Corbusier's Immeubles Villas project of the mid-1920s, where each balcony on a concrete grid is filled with a miniature garden.
(13) Now, after a period in which real cities with all their asphalt, brick and concrete were reclaimed, the city-overtaken-by-greenery has returned, this time with a post-industrial spin.
(14) Exposure to greenery is positive for mental health, as well as being active in it,” says Miles.
(15) Like many people, Thomsen did not realise how much of the greenery on the countryside was ash until it began to die in Denmark.
(16) • Simple arrangements of white lilies and greenery will be at the foot of the lectern and candlestick.
(17) Once a neglected and decrepit spot of greenery in a city centre starved of parks, it has suddenly been transformed into the most vibrant political theatre.
(18) When it comes to placebo greenery, this is more convincing than the Walkie Talkie’s “Sky Garden” or the urban parsley of the Garden bridge .
(19) Summer is for those who like salads, greenery, sleeping naked under a sheet instead of cocooned in flannelette and thermals, sleeveless dresses, pedicures and strappy sandals, iced tea and Pimms, laughing gaily in the sunshine instead of nodding sombrely indoors as another Norwegian killer is unmasked, or baking themselves on a beach as the sun beats down.
(20) In Holland many motorways are lined by barriers to reduce noise and by greenery to absorb the fumes.