Definition of "silo" [si•lo]

• A tall cylindrical structure, usually beside a barn, in which fodder is stored. (noun)
• A pit dug for the same purpose. (noun)
• An underground shelter for a missile, usually equipped to launch the missile or to raise it into a launching position. (noun)
• To store in a silo. (verb-transitive)

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• "And if you traced that chain back to the originator, it would be someone who just chose that sales method randomly or in a flawed analogy to some older content model, just as you say that the silo is a flawed analogy to a physical magazine."
• "In fact, they have a home there which they call the silo home."
• "Dr. Turnbull said the presence of so many long-term-care patients in his institution is a typical result of what he called the silo approach to Canadian health care: Every major hospital in the country is likely experiencing the same problem."