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 ]