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silo Definition

silo ()

noun pl. -·los

  1. an airtight pit or tower in which green fodder is preserved
  2. ☆ 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.

  1. Fodder storage tower

    granary, crib, pit; see storehouse.

  2. 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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