missile silo

noun

An underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.

Meanings

nounmissile silo (plural missile silos)

plural missile silos

Translations

Dutch raketsilo
  • raketsilocontainer
Finnish ohjussiilo
  • ohjussiilocontainer
French silo de missile
  • silo de missilecontainer
German Raketensilo
  • Raketensilocontainer
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APA

missile silo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missile%20silo

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Chicago

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