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noun A tall cylindrical structure, usually beside a barn, in which fodder is stored.
noun A pit dug for the same purpose.
noun An underground shelter for a missile, usually equipped to launch the missile or to raise it into a launching position.

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A pit or chamber in the ground, or a cavity in a rock, or more rarely a warm air-tight structure above ground, for the storing of green crops for future use as fodder in the state called ensilage. The material is tightly packed in the silo soon after it is gathered (sometimes with addition of a little salt), covered, and pressed down with heavy weights. Thus it is subjected to fermentation, which, if not carried too far, is beneficial rather than injurious. The resulting fodder is analogous in its nutritious quality to sauerkraut, which is the product of fermentation of cabbage. Similar pits or cavities in the ground or in rock have been used from remote times, in various parts of the world, for the prolonged preservation of grain in a dry state, through the careful exclusion of air and moisture.
To preserve in a silo; make silage or ensilage of. The crop can be cut and siloed in any weather, however wet. H. Robinson, Sewage Question, p. 220.
The pit silo has, in America, largely given way to above-ground structures of brick or stone or, commonly, of wood, these being found cheaper, equally effective, and more convenient except on hillsides. The wooden silo was at first rectangular, but for greater strength and to avoid the spoiling of silage in the corners a round form has been largely adopted. Round wooden silos are walled either with staves (see stave silo), or with studding lined and sheathed with boards or inside lathed and plastered with cement. The foundation in either case is of stone laid in cement. The superstructure may be sunk a short distance into the ground. Rectangular (and square) silos (preferred inside a rectangular building) are built with studding. All above-ground silos require doors, which are placed one above another and are often covered with an external shoot down which the silage falls as it is taken out. Outdoor silos usually require a roof with provision for ventilation.

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Down by the lake silo, the rank, of skyscrapers made a solid cliff overlooking a long park. — Wonder Stories Quarterly Summer 1932
The vehicle became airborne and slammed into a large grain silo, which is located at Cooper Farms. — WHIOTV.com - Local News
On the left is the stylus silo, and on the right is the TV / FM antenna. — pocketnow.com
Each silo is staffed by different IT personnel -- depending on their expertise. — Enterprise Strategies
But I have to say, the purest CRM 2.0 I've seen in the customer service world - that third pillar or at this point, perhaps silo is a better term, of traditional CRM - is Helpstream who have actually done something that I find, at least from an applications standpoint, to be a real standout and a paradigmatic CRM 2.0 application service (I call it an application service because its on demand). — PGreenblog

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