silo

1. 1.

   a cylindrical tower used for storing silage

   Broadertower
2. 2.

   military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired

   Broadermilitary installation

   military

Other forms of silo

plural

siloes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about silo

What does silo mean?

silo means "a cylindrical tower used for storing silage". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in silo?

silo has 2 syllables: si-lo. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /ˈsaɪloʊ/.

Is silo a common word?

silo is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.