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See also: Appendix:Variations of "silo"

English

Etymology

From Spanish silo, of unclear origin. See Spanish silo for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

silo (plural silos or siloes)

  1. (agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
  2. (agriculture) From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
    Synonyms: granary, grain elevator
  3. (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.
  4. (informal, 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.
    • 2021 May 5, Tony Streeter, “Network News: Disused structures "assets to be preserved", say MPs”, in RAIL, number 930, page 23:
      Graeme Bickerdike, a member of campaign organisation The HRE Group, told RAIL: "This infilling and demolition programme - costing much more than repair - has been conceived with no thought for its impact beyond the silos where distant, unaccountable officials manage their spreadsheets.
    • 2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 34:
      "And the mindset of a silo of rail engineers, and a silo of highway engineers, and a silo of bus experts, and a silo of active travel people, you're not going to integrate just because you put them in one organisation.
      "You have to actively look at ways to cross-fertilise that thinking, to get multi-modal projects hard-wired in. And from our view, I see TfW as a behaviour change organisation.
  5. (informal, derogatory, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
    Synonym: information silo
    Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.
  6. (derogatory, slang) A group of like-minded individuals who are not exposed to outside opinions or input.
    Synonym: echo chamber
  7. (computing) In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.

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Verb

silo (third-person singular simple present siloes or silos, present participle siloing, simple past and past participle siloed)

  1. (transitive) To store in a silo.
    Synonym: ensile
  2. (transitive) To separate; to isolate.
    • 2024 June 26, Stephanie McNeal, “Influencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used To”, in Glamour‎:
      Then there’s the fact that platforms like TikTok tend to silo users based on interests. Niche communities (insert hobby here plus Tok) are thriving, and so a person who may be famous on FarmTok or BookTok may have trouble breaking out of the mold.

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish silo.

Noun

silo n

  1. silo (vertical building for storing grain)
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

silo

  1. neuter singular past active participle of sít
    Synonym: selo

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish silo or French silo (itself from Spanish), perhaps from Latin sirus, from Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós); alternatively from Basque zilo, zulo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.loː/
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  • Hyphenation: si‧lo

Noun

silo m (plural silo's, diminutive silootje n)

  1. a silo (building for storage)

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Descendants

  • → Caribbean Hindustani: silo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish silo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.lo/
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Noun

silo m (plural silos)

  1. silo (vertical building for storing grain)
  2. silo (underground missile facility)

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish silo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Hyphenation: sì‧lo

Noun

silo m (plural sili or silos)

  1. (agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)
  2. (transferred sense, military) silo (underground missile facility)

References

  • silo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Spanish silo.

Noun

silo m (definite singular siloen, indefinite plural siloer, definite plural siloene)

  1. a silo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Spanish silo.

Noun

silo m (definite singular siloen, indefinite plural siloar, definite plural siloane)

  1. a silo

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