Silo vs. Granary: What's the Difference?
Silo and Granary Definitions
Silo
A usually tall cylindrical structure, typically next to a barn, in which silage is produced and stored.
Granary
A building for storing threshed grain.
Silo
Any of several other structures or containers used for the same purpose, such as a covered trench or a polyethylene bag.
Granary
A region yielding much grain.
Silo
An underground shelter for a missile, usually equipped to launch the missile or to raise it into a launching position.
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Granary
(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
Silo
Each of the various departments, groups, or processes within a business or organization where work is done in isolation apart from the others.
Granary
(figuratively) A fertile, grain-growing region.
Silo
To store in a silo.
Granary
A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.
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Silo
To isolate (a department, group, or process) within a business or organization from others
“Taking a cue from the finance world, he divided the company's departments into 30 distinct units, meaning that the shoe department was siloed from, say, the menswear department” (Gaby Del Valle).
Granary
A region fertile in grain; in this sense, equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively; as, Ukraine, the granary of the Soviet Union.
The exhaustless granary of a world.
Silo
(agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
Granary
A storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
Silo
(agriculture) from the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
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Silo
(military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
Silo
An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
Silo
A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.
Silo
A self-enclosed group of like-minded individuals.
Silo
(computing) In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.
Silo
(transitive) To store in a silo.
Silo
(transitive) To separate; to isolate.
Silo
A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.
Silo
A cylindrical tower used for storing silage
Silo
Military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired
