Usually means: Storage structure for bulk materials.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word silo:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. silo: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. silo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. silo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. silo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. silo: Vocabulary.com
  6. Silo, silo: Wordnik
  7. silo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. silo: Wiktionary
  9. silo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. silo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. silo: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. silo: Dictionary.com
  13. silo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. silo: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. SILO (boot loader), Silo (disambiguation), Silo (electronics), Silo (library), Silo (series), Silo (software), Silo (store), Silo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Silo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. silo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. silo: Rhymezone
  19. Silo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. SILO, Silo, silo: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. silo: Free Dictionary
  22. silo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. silo: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. silo: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. silo: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. silo: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. silo: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SILO: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. silo: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. silo: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See siloed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
noun:  (agriculture) From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
noun:  (military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
noun:  (derogatory, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
noun:  (derogatory, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
noun:  (derogatory, slang) A self-enclosed group of like-minded individuals.
noun:  (computing) In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.
verb:  (transitive) To store in a silo.
verb:  (transitive) To separate; to isolate.

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