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silage

si·lage
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sahy-lij]
    • /ˈsaɪ lɪdʒ/
    • /ˈsaɪ.lɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sahy-lij]
    • /ˈsaɪ lɪdʒ/

Definitions of silage word

  • noun silage fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage. 1
  • noun silage fermented plant material fed to livestock 1
  • noun Technical meaning of silage Synchronous DSP specification language. 1
  • uncountable noun silage Silage is food for cattle that is made by cutting a crop such as grass or corn when it is green and then keeping it covered. 0
  • noun silage any crop harvested while green for fodder and kept succulent by partial fermentation in a silo 0
  • noun silage green fodder preserved in a silo; ensilage 0

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Origin of silage

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
1880-85; shortening of ensilage, influenced by silo

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Silage

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

silage popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

silage usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for silage

noun silage

  • barley — Barley is a grain that is used to make food, beer, and whisky.
  • corn — Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants.
  • fodder — coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
  • ensilage — The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
  • feed — to give a fee to.

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