Meaning & use
Ensilage
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Green fodder that has been compacted and stored in an airtight structure to ferment for use as animal feed, or the process of making it.
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The farm stores its ensilage in tall concrete silos over the winter months.
Proper ensilage requires cutting the crop at the right moisture level before compacting it.
A note on using this word
"Ensilage" and "silage" are largely interchangeable, though "silage" has become the more common term in modern farming.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The act or process of preserving fodder by fermentation in a silo.
Ensilage allows farmers to feed livestock nutritious fodder throughout winter.
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