silage

S1I1L1A1G2E1
/ˈsaɪlɪd͡ʒ/

noun

Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp.

Similar
ensilage
Opposite
soilage
OriginFrench ensilage ← Spanish ensilar →
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Meanings

nounsilage (usually uncountable, plural silages)

plural silages

  1. uncountableusuallyFermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp.

    Compared to the corn silages, the sweetclover silages are much higher in digestible crude protein, but lower in total digestible nutrients.

    1939, Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 57, page 506
verbsilage (third-person singular simple present silages, present participle silaging, simple past and past participle silaged)

present singular third person silages · participle present silaging · participle past silaged · past silaged

  1. To ensile.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
soilage

nounfodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo

Similar
ensilage
Broader
feedprovender
Also see
ensilage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Spanishensilar
  2. Frenchensilage
  3. Englishsilage

Alteration (probably by influence of silo) of ensilage (1881), itself from French ensilage, from ensiler (“put in a silo”), from Spanish ensilar.

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Translations

Bulgarian силаж
  • силаж (silaž)fodder stored in a silo
Catalan ensitjat
  • ensitjatfodder stored in a silo
Chinese Mandarin 青貯 /青贮
  • 青貯 /青贮 (qīngzhù)fodder stored in a silo
Czech siláž
  • silážfodder stored in a silo
Danish ensilage
  • ensilagefodder stored in a silo
Dutch silage
  • silagefodder stored in a silo
Finnish säilörehu
  • säilörehufodder stored in a silo
French silage
  • silagefodder stored in a silo
German Silage
  • Silagefodder stored in a silo
Hungarian szilázs
  • szilázsfodder stored in a silo
Icelandic vothey
  • votheyfodder stored in a silo
Indonesian silase
  • silasefodder stored in a silo
Irish sadhlas
  • sadhlasfodder stored in a silo
Japanese サイレージ, 埋草
  • サイレージ (sairēji)fodder stored in a silo
  • 埋草 (maisō)fodder stored in a silo
  • 埋芻 (maisū)fodder stored in a silo
Malay silaj
  • silajfodder stored in a silo
Māori karaehe toroī
  • karaehe toroīfodder stored in a silo
Polish kiszonka, kwaszonka
  • kiszonkafodder stored in a silo
  • kwaszonkafodder stored in a silo
Portuguese silagem
  • silagemfodder stored in a silo
Russian си́лос
  • си́лос (sílos)fodder stored in a silo
Spanish ensilaje, ensilado
  • ensilajefodder stored in a silo
  • ensiladofodder stored in a silo
Welsh silwair
  • silwairfodder stored in a silo

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ligaseSiegalGailesSeliga
Cite this entry
APA

silage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silage

MLA

“silage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silage.

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