to silo

Examples

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• To ensure fresh produce for the market, they silo the grains immediately after they are harvested.

• How are we to silo ourselves or to separate ourselves out so that we can actually find our desires, find our wants?

• All of these departments silo up, put their heads down, and concentrate on their specializations.

  Blog text (11)

• You can't have people siloed in their particular areas of strength.

  Blog text (27)

• The medical staff in the healthcare system is notoriously siloed.

  Blog text (33)

• They watch the research in a wide variety of fields to have a vision that is broad rather than siloed.

  Academic text (2014)

• First, the company kept user data siloed inside its site alone, saying that a high degree of user privacy would make users comfortable enough to share more information with a smaller number of trusted people.

  Blog text (32)

• While this recommendation does not address academic integrity specifically, the panel wrote, if colleges are going to better align athletics with academics, then "athletics should not be siloed and managed in a way that ignores its integration in and support of the academic mission of the institution."

  Academic text (2016)

• I have worked in the disability world for many years, but I think that accessibility should not be siloed (dreadful word) as a disability issue, any more than blindness is the only disability that has accessibility implications.

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• The farmer decided to silo the corn to protect it from spoilage during the winter.

Synonyms

S

to store

vsto silo

463 1.0

To put something away to use later

keeps items specifically in a large on-farm storage container rather than generally

W

to warehouse

vsto silo

8 3.5

To store goods in a large building before sale or delivery

stores in an agricultural container on-site rather than in a commercial building

B

to bin

vsto silo

1 2.9

To put something in a container to keep or throw away

stores in a specialized tall container for longer preservation

E

to ensile

vsto silo

• Specialized

9.9

To store green food for animals in a silo so they can eat it later

stores crops or materials generally rather than preserving feed specifically

Antonyms

S

to share

∞ 1.0

To let other people use or have part of something

D

to distribute

87 2.0

Give things to several people or places

Phrasal Verbs

W

to work in a silo

• Jargon

7.0

Act alone in a company without sharing information with other teams

How Big

to silo

• Specialized

1 4.8

hopper

• Specialized

9 4.4

bin

119 1.0

funnel

14 2.7

Surface Forms

Etymology