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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration (probably by influence of silo) of ensilage (1881), itself from French ensilage, from ensiler (“put in a silo”), from Spanish ensilar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
silage (usually uncountable, plural silages)
- Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp.
- 1939, Journal of Agricultural Research (volume 57, page 506)
- Compared to the corn silages, the sweetclover silages are much higher in digestible crude protein, but lower in total digestible nutrients.
- 1939, Journal of Agricultural Research (volume 57, page 506)
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Translations[edit]
fodder stored in a silo
Verb[edit]
silage (third-person singular simple present silages, present participle silaging or silageing, simple past and past participle silaged)
- To ensile.