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silo
English
Etymology
From Spanish silo, of unclear origin. See Spanish silo for more.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?sa?lo?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sa?l??/
- Rhymes: -a?l??
Noun
silo (plural silos)
- (agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
- (agriculture) from the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
- Synonyms: granary, grain elevator
- (military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
- 1987, Michio Kaku, Daniel Axelrod, To Win a Nuclear War: The Pentagon's Secret War Plans, Black Rose Books Ltd. (?ISBN), page 203:
- As a rule of thumb, to reliably destroy a hardened missile silo or communications bunker, a one megaton warhead should land within a 600 foot radius of its target. This will ensure that the enemy silo lies within the crater gouged out by the nuclear blast.
- 1987, Michio Kaku, Daniel Axelrod, To Win a Nuclear War: The Pentagon's Secret War Plans, Black Rose Books Ltd. (?ISBN), page 203:
- (derogatory, 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.
- 2006, Albert J. Mills, Jean C. Helms Mills, John Bratton, Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context, Page 116
- (derogatory, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
- (derogatory, slang) A self-enclosed group of like-minded individuals.
Derived terms
- bag silo
- sack silo
- siloization, siloisation
- silolike
Translations
Verb
silo (third-person singular simple present silos, present participle siloing, simple past and past participle siloed)
- (transitive) To store in a silo.
- Synonym: ensile
- (transitive) To separate; to isolate.
Further reading
- silo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- LOIs, Lois, Sol I, oils, soil, soli
Czech
Etymology
From Spanish silo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?lo]
Noun
silo n
- silo (vertical building for storing grain)
Verb
silo
- neuter singular past participle of sít
- Synonym: selo
French
Etymology
From Spanish silo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.lo/
Noun
silo m (plural silos)
- silo (vertical building for storing grain)
- silo (underground missile facility)
Further reading
- “silo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- lois
Italian
Etymology
From Spanish silo.
Noun
silo m (plural sili)
- silo (vertical building for storing grain)
- silo (underground missile facility)
Anagrams
- liso, lisò, soli
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Spanish silo.
Noun
silo m (definite singular siloen, indefinite plural siloer, definite plural siloene)
- a silo
Derived terms
- kornsilo
References
- “silo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Spanish silo.
Noun
silo m (definite singular siloen, indefinite plural siloar, definite plural siloane)
- a silo
Derived terms
- kornsilo
References
- “silo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Spanish silo.
Noun
silo m (plural silos)
- (agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)
- (military) silo (underground missile facility)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
silo (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- vocative singular of sila
Spanish
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Perhaps from Latin sirum, the accusative form of sirus (“pit for corn, underground granary”) (compare Latin s?romastes (“pit-searcher”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (seiromást?s)), from Ancient Greek ????? (sirós, “pit for holding grain”). Alternatively, perhaps from Basque zilo, zulo (“grain cellar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?silo/, [?si.lo]
Noun
silo m (plural silos)
- (agriculture, military) silo
Descendants
- ? English: silo
- ? French: silo
- ? German: Silo
See also
- cilla
- granero
- hórreo
- pósito
- troj
Further reading
- “silo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swazi
Noun
sílo 7 (plural tílo 8)
- lion
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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lilo
English
Etymology
From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the trademark name "LI-LO" (perhaps from lie low).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la?l??/
- Rhymes: -a?l??
Noun
lilo (plural lilos)
- An inflatable air mattress.
Translations
Anagrams
- Oi'll, illo, loli
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li?lo
Noun
lilo
- A swirling body of water; a whirlpool.
- A large and violent whirlpool; a maelstrom.
Tagalog
Noun
lilo
- traitor; betrayer
Adjective
lilo
- disloyal; unfaithful; traitorous; treacherous
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