ENSILAGE

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


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.

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


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