Definition of "silage" [si•lage]

• Fodder prepared by storing and fermenting green forage plants in a silo. (noun)

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• "I wish the silage was a little more potent but it lasts fairly well although it stays close to the skin."
• "He had to remind Bess to call the silage man to finish cutting the cornfields."
• "Some of the zones had previous exposure to the idea of silage through an extension effort made ten years earlier."