نِبْرٌ

singular of أَنْبَارٌ, (T, S,) which signifies Heaps, synonym أَكْدَاسٌ, (M, K,) or a collection, (M, S,) of طَعَام, (S, M, K, MS,) meaning of wheat, and of barley, [or other corn,] and of dates: (MS:) or [in the TA, and] granaries (أَهْرَاء) of طَعَام: (in the present day, a granary:] what is called هُرْىٌ being also called نِبْرٌ because the طعام, when poured in its place, rises: and the plural plural [i. e. plural of انبار] is أَنَابِيرُ. (T.)

أَنْبَارٌ also signifies A merchant's magazine, or chamber, (بَيْت,) in which he puts together, in order, or piles up, his goods. (M, K.) [In the K, it is added, that the singular is نِبْرٌ: but this addition seems to be misplaced: for انبار in the last of the senses here explained, as well as when applied to a granary. and to a collection of طعام, appears to be a plural without a singular]