silage

[ sahy-lij ]

/ ˈsaɪ lɪdʒ /

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noun

fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.

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Origin of silage

1880–85; shortening of ensilage, influenced by silo

Words nearby silage

Sikkim, Sikkimese, Sikorski, Sikorsky, sikra, silage, silane, Silas, Silas Marner, Silastic, Silbury Hill

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How to use silage in a sentence

Scaling up cattle meant giant steel and concrete sheds and making silage with artificial fertiliser instead of hay from barn muck in the old system.
American Agriculture Almost Ruined My Little English Farm. Now I'm Trying to Save It|James Rebanks|August 5, 2021|Time
Instead, he has already cut much of it for silage to feed his cattle through the winter.
Midwest Drought Forces South Dakota Farmers and Ranchers to Abandon Crops and Thin Herds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|August 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In extreme cases, sour silage acquires a most disagreeable odour.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
Ensilor stands for the person using the silo to ensile fodder for silage by the process of ensilage.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians|William K. David

All of these make good silage when properly harvested and stored.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
The term "silage" is applied to the crop thus treated, and the term "ensilage" is applied to the process of making "silage."
Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884|Various
Silage, sī′laj, n. the term applied to fodder which has been preserved by ensilage in a silo.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for silage

silage

/ (ˈsaɪlɪdʒ) /

noun

any crop harvested while green for fodder and kept succulent by partial fermentation in a siloAlso called: ensilage

Word Origin for silage

C19: alteration (influenced by silo) of ensilage

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