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# silage

«silage» in Mova's school dictionary: **cut, packed tightly and kept without air so they ferment…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (silage — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Grass, maize or other green crops that are cut, packed tightly and kept without air so they ferment, to feed cows and sheep in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In farming and science lessons silage shows how food is stored: the crop is sealed in a clamp, pit, silo or in big black plastic-wrapped bales, and bacteria pickle it. Children in rural Ireland, the UK, New Zealand and Canada see silage bales in fields and smell it on farms. Phrases: silage bales, make silage, silage pit.

### examples

- The cows eat silage all winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/#x1)
- Big black bales of silage were stacked by the barn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/#x2)
- Farmers make silage in summer when the grass is long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/#x3)
- Silage has a strong, sour smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/#x4)
- The tractor drove over the silage to squash out the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/#x5)
- Silage is a bit like pickled grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: "some silage", "silage is". Pronounced SY-lij. Related to "silo" (a tall tower for storing grain or silage). Safety: silage pits and gases can be dangerous; children should not play near them.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «silage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.