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silos

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for silos.

Editorial note

It's also kinda sad that so many of the silos fell into disrepair or were actively deconstructed.

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Quick take

(agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of silos gathered in one view.

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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for silos.

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, slang) A group of like-minded individuals who are not exposed to outside opinions or input.

Example sentences

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It's also kinda sad that so many of the silos fell into disrepair or were actively deconstructed.

2

Even if the consolidation succeeds, it takes extremely strong leadership to keep it from devolving right back to silos.

3

Nuclear can definitely be nuisance-free- build in underground silos where they're needed, and not serviced for decades.

4

We have also been moving stuff out of data silos and are moving back to plain old files where possible.

5

This is the corporate wet-dream for the net: just a couple of big data silos.

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And the big EDW that you use to find powering everything has been broken over the years into unintegrated silos e.g.

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These discussion silos of the early 2000s all feel bloated and fairly useless now.

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Neither are secure in the hands of random ephemeral startups or big silos.

9

Specialization of labor will lead us to a societal dead end if we just build impenetrable silos of epistemology.

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We value teamwork above everything else and do not believe in silos.

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People use the big SV data silos because people use them.

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We started from the realization that there is an enormous quantity of hidden knowledge locked away in data silos and obscure formats, just waiting to be released.

Quote examples

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Speaking for myself, because spreadsheets are intrinsically "information silos." Traditionally, this has been due to the data being locked up in the spreadsheet's proprietary files.

2

I also agree about the "segregate the company" idea; for example Amazon silos its innovation units into separate companies with separate campuses to compensate for the natural organizational dynamic.

3

He knows that it's not 'over.' See later on: > But more importantly, a few hundred of the successors to the > Titans, the "Minuteman III" missiles, remain active in silos > throughout the northern US, run by crews and following procedures > essentially similar to those here.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use silos in a sentence?

It's also kinda sad that so many of the silos fell into disrepair or were actively deconstructed.

What does silos mean?

(agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.

What part of speech is silos?

silos is commonly used as noun.