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si⋅lo

  [sahy-loh] noun, plural -los, verb, -loed, -lo⋅ing.
–noun
1. a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
2. a pit or underground space for storing grain, green feeds, etc.
3. Military. an underground installation constructed of concrete and steel, designed to house a ballistic missile and the equipment for firing it.
–verb (used with object)
4. to put into or preserve in a silo.
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Origin:
1825–35; < Sp: place for storing grain, hay, etc., orig. subterranean; ulterior orig. uncert.
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Industrial Dry Bulk Silos
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si·lo   (sī'lō)   
n.   pl. si·los

    1. A tall cylindrical structure, usually beside a barn, in which fodder is stored.

    2. A pit dug for the same purpose.

  2. An underground shelter for a missile, usually equipped to launch the missile or to raise it into a launching position.

tr.v.   si·loed, si·lo·ing, si·los
To store in a silo.

[Spanish.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

silo 
1835, from Sp. silo, from L. sirum (nom. sirus), from Gk. siros "a pit to keep corn in." Or, alternately, the Sp. word is from a pre-Roman Iberian language word represented by Basque zilo, zulo "dugout, cave or shelter for keeping grain." Meaning "underground housing and launch tube for a guided missile" is attested from 1958.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

silo
The FIFO input-character buffer in an EIA-232 serial line card. So called from DEC terminology used on DH and DZ line cards for the VAX and PDP-11, presumably because it was a storage space for fungible stuff that went in at the top and came out at the bottom.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Encyclopedia

silo

in agriculture, airtight structure that encloses and protects silage (q.v.; partially fermented fodder, called haylage if made from grass), keeping it in the succulent and slightly sour condition edible for farm animals.

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