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The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder.

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  1. n. The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder.
  2. n. The fodder preserved in a silo.
  3. v. t. To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
  4. n. fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
  5. 1. The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder. 2. The fodder preserved in a silo. To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
  6. n fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo