silo
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈsaɪloʊ/
- Specialized
:
silo
- They built a new silo next to the barn to store the winter grain.
- grain silos
- storage silos
And then just corn and and way in the distance a silo.
- And then just corn and and way in the distance a silo.
Examples
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He's in the grain silo near Pontypool.
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We see the concrete silo dimly lit in the distance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Your car was found by the grain silo at the old port.
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Over the past few years, several new wheat silo projects have been initiated.
Academic text (2015) -
On the farm was an enormous silo, so tall you could hardly see the top.
Fiction book (1998) -
Samuel maneuvered the wheelbarrow beneath a silo and began to mix the feed.
Fiction book (2001) -
A bleak farmhouse and silo are the only features on a flat, snow-swept landscape.
Fiction book (1998) -
Saudi Arabia has built additional grain silos to store a 12-month reserve to counter the threat of supply disruptions.
Academic text (2015) -
Inside dark warehouses and silos, the chemical protects a cornucopia of produce and grain from voracious insects.
Academic text (1995) -
The farmer filled the silo with fresh corn harvested from the fields.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large farm building for storing hay or keeping animals
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Silo comes from an old Greek word siros that meant 'pit for grain'. So a silo is a strong place to store grain or silage on a farm.