silos

Variant of silo

noun pl. silos

  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

Origin: Fr < Sp < L sirus < Gr siros, an underground granary, pit

transitive verb siloed, siloing

to store in a silo
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