silo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
noun military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired

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

"Well, we'll talk about that, Silos, later. — The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills, John Trotwood Moore
SILO, the healing Pool of Siloam, John, ix, 7. — Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, Edmund Spenser
"Will you let me buy you a big silo and a tractor plow when I get all the money? — Blue-grass and Broadway, Maria Thompson Daviess

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