silo Definition
silo (sī′lō)
noun pl. -·los
- an airtight pit or tower in which green fodder is preserved
- ☆ a large, underground facility for the control, storage, and launching of a long-range ballistic missile
Etymology: Fr < Sp < L sirus < Gr siros, an underground granary, pit
transitive verb -·loed, -·lo·ing
to store in a silo
silo Synonyms
silo
n.
Fodder storage tower
granary, crib, pit; see storehouse.Underground missile site
rocket launcher, pit, superhardened silo; see defense 2.
silo Usage Examples
Preposition: of
information: We wanted to move away from these silos of information to a more complete and efficient view of our customers ' interactions.
Converse of object
- build: It's not like they're building top secret missile silos.
- include: However, many variations from the ideal will exist, including pre-war silos of concrete cylindrical construction.
- use: Tang uses a steel silo of the type used by farmers to store grain.
- create: This creates silos of information, limiting access to data and impairing overall business visibility.
Adjective modifier
- departmental: The perils of the ' departmental silos ' run particularly deep in Northern Ireland, for two crucial reasons.
- concrete: Storage is usually in steel silos ( heat could damage concrete silos ).
- nuclear: Spend twelve hours hunting down nuclear silos in deepest Russia ( they're out there somewhere ).
- separate: Work is carried out in separate silos, with no ' ownership ' of individual cases.
- professional: The strongly centralized decision-making process has tended to provide institutional reinforcement for this professional silo [ 27 ] .
- new: A single body will also need to ensure that in joining up across equalities, new silos within the Commission are not created.
Modifies a noun
- mentality: No longer can any vestiges of the silo mentality be tolerated.
- approach: This silo approach also applies at the European level.
- system: Grain storage silo systems and in the north of the region maize driers are also important in the region.
Noun used with modifier
- grain: Day 5: Monday, 3rd May A 6.20 am start today began with a trip along the track by the grain silos.
- missile: Missile silos in which ground launched cruise missiles of the 501st tactical missile unit USAF were stored, 25th January 1989.
- storage: Less obvious are the storage silos on farms, usually blue or green; they tower over the surrounding countryside.
- waste: Framatome will also look at how to treat the waste in the high-active waste silo at the site.
- steel: Tang uses a steel silo of the type used by farmers to store grain.
- information: Integrates with your existing systems to help break down information silos.
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