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garner.

A granary; a store of grain.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɑː.nə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɑːɹ.nɚ/US
  1. A granary; a store of grain.

  2. An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.

verb/ˈɡɑː.nə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɑːɹ.nɚ/US
  1. To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.

    transitive
  2. To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.

    transitive
  3. To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire (attitudes, reputations, or actions from others) by some effort or due to some fact

    figuratively · often · transitive
    To garner support
    He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
  4. To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.

    rare · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.

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