silo

See also šilo, silo-, and Silo

English

Wikipedia

Grain silos.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈsaɪloʊ/
• Rhymes: -aɪləʊ
• Rhymes: -iːləʊ

Etymology

From Spanish silo, from Basque zilo, zulo (“grain cellar”), from Latin sirus (“pit for corn, underground granary”), (compare Latin sīromastes (“pit-searcher”), from Ancient Greek σειρομάστης), from Ancient Greek σιρός (siros, “pit for holding grain”).

Noun

silo (plural silos)

1. (agriculture) A vertical building, usually circular, used for the storage of grain.
2. (military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
3. (pejorative, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
   • 2006, Albert J. Mills, Jean C. Helms Mills, John Bratton, Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context, Page 116

     A silo is created when members in one department or function do not interact with those in another department, even though there might be operational benefits to the interaction.

4. (pejorative, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.

   Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.

Translations

vertical building for storing grain

• Catalan: sitja (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 筒倉 (cmn), 筒仓 (cmn) (tǒngcāng), 糧倉 (cmn), 粮仓 (cmn) (liángcāng)

• Czech: silo (cs) n
• Finnish: siilo (fi)
• French: silo (fr) m
• German: Silo (de) m, Kornspeicher (de) m
• Hungarian: siló (hu)

• Japanese: サイロ (ja) (sairo)
• Malay: silo (ms)
• Portuguese: silo (pt) m
• Russian: силос (ru) (sílos) m, элеватор (ru) (elevátor) m, силосная башня (ru) (sílosnaja bášnja) f, зернохранилище (ru) (zernoxranílišče) n (granary)
• Spanish: silo (es) m
• Turkish: görür (tr)

underground bunker

• German: Raketensilo (de) m and n
• Russian: стартовая шахта (ru) (stártovaja šáxta) f, ракетная шахта (ru) (rakétnaja šáxta) f

• Spanish: silo (es) m

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• French: silo

Verb

silo (third-person singular simple present silos, present participle siloing, simple past and past participle siloed)

1. (transitive) To store in a silo.

Synonyms

• ensile

See also

• grain elevator
• granary

Anagrams

• Lois, oils, soil

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Czech

Noun

silo n

1. silo (vertical building for storing grain)

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French

Noun

silo m (plural silos)

1. silo

Anagrams

• lois

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Italian

Noun

silo m (plural sili)

1. silo (all senses)

Anagrams

• liso, lisò, soli

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Spanish

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".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsilo/

Noun

silo m (plural silos)

1. (agriculture, military) silo

Descendants

• English: silo

See also

• cilla
• granero
• hórreo
• pósito
• troj