si·lage / ˈsīlij/ • n. grass or other green fodder compacted and stored in airtight conditions, typically in a silo, without first being dried, and used as animal feed in the winter.• v. [intr.] [often as n.] (silaging) make silage. ∎  [tr.] preserve (grass and other green fodder) as silage.

silage(ensilage) A type of foodstuff for livestock, prepared from green crops (e.g. grass); the crops are stored in a pit or silo and the Bacteria present on the plants carry out fermentation (sometimes hastened by the use of chemical additives), the products of which preserve the plant material from further decay and loss of nutritional value.

silage (ensilage) A type of foodstuff for livestock, prepared from green crops (e.g. grass); the crops are stored in a pit or silo and the bacteria present on the plants carry out fermentation, the products of which preserve the plant material from further decay and loss of nutritional value.

silage ensilage. XIX. Alt. of ENSILAGE, after SILO.