Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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silo

UK /ˈsaɪləʊ/ · US /ˈsaɪloʊ/ noun, verb

Forms silos siloes siloing siloed

  1. noun (agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
  2. noun (agriculture) From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
  3. noun (military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
  4. noun (informal, derogatory, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
  5. noun (informal, derogatory, informatics) 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.”
  6. noun (derogatory, slang) A group of like-minded individuals who are not exposed to outside opinions or input.
  7. noun (computing) In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.
  8. verb (transitive) To store in a silo.
  9. verb (transitive) To separate; to isolate.

Synonyms

granary grain elevator information silo echo chamber ensile

Etymology

From Spanish silo, of unclear origin. See Spanish silo for more.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.

Etymology [F.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “silo”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “silo” (best matches first).