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A silo (from Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós) 'pit for holding grain') is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use today: tower silos, bunker silos, and bag silos.
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...
The word barn comes from the Old English bere, for barley (or grain in general), and aern, for a storage place—thus, a storehouse for barley. [4] The word bere-ern, also spelled bern and bearn, is attested to at least sixty times in homilies and other Old English prose. [5] The related words bere-tun and bere-flor both meant threshing floor.
Silos are potentially hazardous: deaths may occur in the process of filling and maintaining them, and several safety precautions are necessary. [15] There is a risk of injury by machinery or from falls. When a silo is filled, fine dust particles in the air can become explosive because of their large aggregate surface area.
Silo of Asturias, king of Asturias (in Spain) from 774 to 783; Mario Rodríguez Cobos (1938–2010), Argentine writer and founder of the Humanist Movement also known as Silo; Adam Silo (1674–1760), Dutch painter; Susan Silo (born 1942), American actress; Talal Silo (born 1965), Syrian Turkmen defector
Now they’re hoping the public can help them identify barns and silos in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri that the self-proclaimed BTK killer Dennis Rader sketched in never-before-seen detailed ...
A fire that destroyed two barns used to store hay and tractors is being treated as arson. Crews from eight stations were sent to a farm in Coles Lane in Eling, Totton, on Thursday at about 21:00 GMT.
Silos is the plural of silo, a farm structure in which fodder or forage is kept. Silos may also refer to: Silos, Norte de Santander, Colombia; Los Silos, a municipality and town on the island Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; The Silos, Montana, a census-designated place in the United States; The Silos, an American band; Silos, by Sara Storer (2016)