Silo

//ˈsaɪloʊ//

Synonyms for "silo" (26 found)

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Translations

52 translations across 32 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σιρός noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Arabic

1 entries
  • صَوْمَعَة noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Armenian

1 entries
  • սիլոս noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • силоз noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • шахта noun (underground bunker)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sitja noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 發射井 /发射井 noun (underground bunker)
  • 筒倉 /筒仓 noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • 糧倉 /粮仓 noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Czech

2 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • silo noun (underground bunker)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • insilujo noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • stokoturo noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • turstokejo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Finnish

3 entries
  • siilo noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • siilo noun (underground bunker)
  • viljasiilo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

French

2 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • silo noun (underground bunker)

Galician

1 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

German

3 entries
  • Kornspeicher noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • Raketensilo noun (underground bunker)
  • Silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • rakétasiló noun (underground bunker)
  • siló noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Italian

1 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Japanese

1 entries
  • サイロ noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Korean

1 entries
  • 사일로 noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • силос noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Malay

1 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Māori

1 entries
  • pātaka pata noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Persian

1 entries
  • سیلو noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Polish

1 entries
  • silos noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Romanian

1 entries
  • siloz noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Russian

4 entries
  • зернохрани́лище noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • раке́тная ша́хта noun (underground bunker)
  • си́лос noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • си́лосная ба́шня noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • podzemni silos noun (underground bunker)
  • silos noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Spanish

2 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)
  • silo noun (underground bunker)

Swedish

1 entries
  • silo noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • tasraft noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Turkish

1 entries
  • görür noun (vertical building for storing grain)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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Everybody is in their little silo and completely clueless.

Source: tatoeba (6453866)

The nuclear weapon blew up in its missile silo.

Source: tatoeba (11469660)

The new museum itself is a work of art. It is a century old grain silo on the historic waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa.

Source: tatoeba (12145001)

As a rule of thumb, to reliably destroy a hardened missile silo or communications bunker, a one megaton warhead should land within a 600 foot radius of its target. This will ensure that the enemy silo lies within the crater gouged out by the nuclear blast.

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