granary

• For example, Anacharsis Cloots, who is a member of the Committee of Public Instruction, and who one should of course, expect not to be more ignorant than his colleagues, has lately advised them to distress the enemy by invading Scotland which he calls the granary of England. —  A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795
• From the various excavations carried out since the first discovery of the ruins in 1921, we know that Mohenjo-daro was a settlement of about 5000 people, with streets and buildings neatly laid out in a grid pattern, and some huge brick structures that have been identified as a granary, a kind of giant tank or bath, assembly halls, and massive fortifications. —  ChallengingDestiny22:April2006
• Nothing is left of what was once known as the granary of the Soviet Union.
• Saadat Khan also called Burhan-ul-Mulk a Persian adventurer was appointed the Nazim of Awadh was known as the granary of India and was important strategically for the control of the Battle of Buxar by the East India Company, after which he was forced to pay heavy penalties and cede parts of his territory. —  LearnHub Activities
• The people of the place described to him how the granary had been attacked by a party of elephants which had somehow found out that this granary was full of rice Early in the morning an elephant appeared at the granary, acting evidently as a scout or spy. —  Chatterbox, 1906

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