silage

See also: Silage

English

Etymology

Alteration (probably by influence of silo) of ensilage (1881), itself from French ensilage, from ensiler (“put in a silo”), from Spanish ensilar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪlɪd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪlɪdʒ

Noun

silage (usually uncountable, plural silages)

1. Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp.
   • 1939, Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 57, page 506:

     Compared to the corn silages, the sweetclover silages are much higher in digestible crude protein, but lower in total digestible nutrients.

Antonyms

• soilage

Hyponyms

• cornlage
• haylage
• oatlage
• ryelage
• wheatlage

Translations

fodder stored in a silo

• Bulgarian: силаж m (silaž)
• Catalan: ensitjat m
• Czech: siláž (cs) f
• Danish: ensilage c
• Dutch: silage f
• Finnish: säilörehu (fi)
• French: silage m
• German: Silage (de) f
• Japanese: サイレージ (sairēji), 埋草 (まいそう, maisō), 埋芻 (まいすう, maisū)
• Maori: karaehe toroī
• Polish: kiszonka (pl) f, kwaszonka (pl) f
• Portuguese: silagem (pt) f
• Russian: си́лос (ru) m (sílos)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: силажа f

  Roman: silaža (sh) f

• Spanish: ensilaje m, ensilado (es) m
• Welsh: silwair m

Verb

silage (third-person singular simple present silages, present participle silaging or silageing, simple past and past participle silaged)

1. To ensile.

Anagrams

• Gailes, Siegal, ligase