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silage

[ sahy-lij ]

noun

  1. fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.


silage

/ ˈsaɪlɪdʒ /

noun

  1. any crop harvested while green for fodder and kept succulent by partial fermentation in a silo Also calledensilage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of silage1

1880–85; shortening of ensilage, influenced by silo
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Word History and Origins

Origin of silage1

C19: alteration (influenced by silo ) of ensilage
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Example Sentences

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.

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Instead, he has already cut much of it for silage to feed his cattle through the winter.

In extreme cases, sour silage acquires a most disagreeable odour.

Ensilor stands for the person using the silo to ensile fodder for silage by the process of ensilage.

All of these make good silage when properly harvested and stored.

The term "silage" is applied to the crop thus treated, and the term "ensilage" is applied to the process of making "silage."

Silage, sī′laj, n. the term applied to fodder which has been preserved by ensilage in a silo.

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