Definition of "ensilage" [en•si•lage]

• The process of storing and fermenting green fodder in a silo. (noun)
• Fodder preserved in a silo; silage. (noun)
• To ensile. (verb-transitive)

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• "Now it is admitted by general current that the value of common ensilage, which is inferior to that made from sweet corn, is, when compared with good English hay, as 3 to 1."
• "The mass of 'ensilage', the dried and mixed material, loses its nutritional value unless oxygen is eliminated."
• "That's not a manure fork, but an ensilage fork, used to pitch hay or corn silage."