silo
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From Spanish, from Basque zilo, zulo (“grain cellar”), via Latin (cf. Latin sirus, "pit", sīromastes, "pit-searcher", from Ancient Greek σειρομάστης), from Ancient Greek σιρός (siros), "pit for holding grain".
[edit] Noun
silo (plural silos)
- (agriculture) A vertical building, usually circular, used for the storage of grain.
- (military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
- An approach to data systems management in which information is "stove-piped", considered to be outdated and inferior to the integrating approach of modern informatics.
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vertical building for storing grain
underground bunker
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[edit] Verb
silo (third-person singular simple present silos, present participle siloing, simple past and past participle siloed)
- (transitive) To store in a silo.
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silo n.
- silo (vertical building for storing grain)
[edit] French
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silo m. (plural silos)
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[edit] Italian
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silo m. (plural sili)
- silo (all senses)
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin sirum, accusative of sirus, from Greek σιρός (sirós) "a pit to keep corn in". Alternatively from a pre-Roman Iberian language, such as Basque zilo, zulo "dugout, shelter for keeping grain".
[edit] Pronunciation
IPA: /ˈsilo/
[edit] Noun
silo m. (plural silos)
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- English: silo
