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silo

(saɪloʊ)
Word forms: plural silos
1. countable noun
A silo is a tall round metal tower on a farm, in which grass, grain, or some other substance is stored.
The land is flat, a chequerboard of fertile cornfields and grain silos.
...a grain silo.
2. countable noun
A silo is a specially built place underground where a nuclear missile is kept.
...underground nuclear missile silos.

silo in British English

(ˈsaɪləʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -los
1. 
a pit, trench, horizontal container, or tower, often cylindrical in shape, in which silage is made and stored
2. 
a strengthened underground position in which missile systems are sited for protection against attack
verb
3. (transitive)
to organize into independent groups or categories
Word origin
C19: from Spanish, perhaps from Celtic

silo in American English

(ˈsaɪloʊ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈsilos
1. 
an airtight pit or tower in which green fodder is preserved
2.  US
a large, underground facility for the control, storage, and launching of a long-range ballistic missile
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsiloed or ˈsiloing
3. 
to store in a silo
Word origin
Fr < Sp < L sirus < Gr siros, an underground granary, pit

Examples of 'silo' in a sentence
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The conversation had taken place down on the floor of the silo, and Dever had heard the whole thing.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS (1990)
Ander shut his eyes as he always did when he came to the silo.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS (1990)
A half moon hung beyond the outline of a silo, a henhouse tilted out from one end of the barn.
Metz, Don KING OF THE MOUNTAIN (1990)
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