noun / verb
silo
SIGH-loh/ˈsaɪləʊ/
An enclosed storage tower or pit.
Grain flows from the silo's low outlet into a small cart.
Etymology
Spanish silo supplied a name for a crop-storage pit. The storage function remained as the English word expanded to above-ground cylindrical structures; the Spanish word’s deeper ancestry is disputed.
In context
when The Silo is full it will be tightly closed so that the chopped corn will ferment this winter feed is called encillage
More examples
- Two concrete silos hold feed for the dairy herd.
- The farmers silo chopped corn for winter feed.
- The missile remains inside its underground silo.
Forms
silo · silos · siloed · siloing