grange

C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ɡreɪndʒ/ UK /ɡreɪndʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #23203

Meanings

1

noun
a farm or farmhouse with its outbuildings, especially one formerly belonging to a monastery or estate

They restored the abandoned grange and planted the surrounding fields.
2

noun
archaic: a granary or barn

The abbey stored its winter grain in a stone grange.
3

noun
usually capitalized in the United States: a local lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, or the organization itself

Local farmers met at the Grange to discuss crop prices.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a farm or farmhouse with... farmsteadfarmhouse farm

2 noun · archaic: a granary or barn granary barn

3 noun · usually capitalized in the... farmers' lodgePatrons of Husbandry

Word family

Derived forms granger

Related forms grain granary farmPatrons of Husbandry

Etymology

From Middle English graunge, borrowed from Old French grange, 'granary, barn, or small farm,' from Medieval Latin granica and Latin granum, 'grain.' Monastic granaries developed into outlying farms, producing the farmhouse sense. The US agricultural organization adopted Grange as a lodge name in the nineteenth century.

Topics

Plants & Agriculture

External links

# grange

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡreɪndʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɡreɪndʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 23203

## Meanings
1. a farm or farmhouse with its outbuildings, especially one formerly belonging to a monastery or estate
2. archaic: a granary or barn
3. usually capitalized in the United States: a local lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, or the organization itself

## Examples
- They restored the abandoned grange and planted the surrounding fields.
- The abbey stored its winter grain in a stone grange.
- Local farmers met at the Grange to discuss crop prices.

## Synonyms
- farmstead
- farmhouse
- granary
- barn

## Derived Forms
- granger

## Related Forms
- grain
- granary
- farm
- Patrons of Husbandry

## Etymology
From Middle English graunge, borrowed from Old French grange, 'granary, barn, or small farm,' from Medieval Latin granica and Latin granum, 'grain.' Monastic granaries developed into outlying farms, producing the farmhouse sense. The US agricultural organization adopted Grange as a lodge name in the nineteenth century.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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