silo

B2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture

US /ˈsaɪ.loʊ/ UK /ˈsaɪ.ləʊ/ See IPA manual

Freq #20412

Meanings

1

noun
a tall structure used to store grain or fermented animal feed

The farm stored winter silage in a concrete silo.
2

noun
an underground structure used to store and launch a missile

The decommissioned missile silo was sealed.
3

noun
a group, system, or store of information isolated from others

Each department kept its data in a separate silo.
4

verb
to isolate people, information, or operations from one another

Separate reporting systems siloed the regional teams.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a tall structure used to... grain storestorage tower

2 noun · an underground structure... missile bunker

3 noun · a group, system, or store... isolated systeminformation silo

4 verb · to isolate people,... isolatecompartmentalize

Opposites

integrate connect

Word family

Forms silos

Derived forms siloedsiloing

Related forms silagegranary

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish silo, 'pit or underground grain store,' of uncertain earlier origin. The figurative organizational sense compares isolated information or teams to separate storage structures.

Topics

Plants & Agriculture

External links

# silo

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈsaɪ.loʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsaɪ.ləʊ/
**Frequency rank:** 20412

## Meanings
1. a tall structure used to store grain or fermented animal feed
2. an underground structure used to store and launch a missile
3. a group, system, or store of information isolated from others
4. to isolate people, information, or operations from one another

## Examples
- The farm stored winter silage in a concrete silo.
- The decommissioned missile silo was sealed.
- Each department kept its data in a separate silo.
- Separate reporting systems siloed the regional teams.

## Synonyms
- grain store
- storage tower
- missile bunker
- isolated system

## Antonyms
- integrate
- connect

## Derived Forms
- siloed
- siloing

## Related Forms
- silage
- granary

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish silo, 'pit or underground grain store,' of uncertain earlier origin. The figurative organizational sense compares isolated information or teams to separate storage structures.

## Topics
- Plants & Agriculture

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