ENSILAGE

silage, ensilage

(noun) fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ensilage (uncountable)

The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.

(archaic) synonym of silage.

Verb

ensilage (third-person singular simple present ensilages, present participle ensilaging, simple past and past participle ensilaged)

(transitive) To preserve in a silo.

Anagrams

• angelise, genesial, lineages, signalee

Source: Wiktionary


En"si*lage, n. Etym: [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + silo. See Silo.]

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.

En"si*lage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensilaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging.]

Definition: To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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