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missile silo

missile silo noun: an underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.

Noun

missile silo (plural missile silos)

  1. An underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.

Forms of missile silo

pluralmissile silos

Questions about missile silo

What does missile silo mean?
Missile silo means an underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.
What part of speech is missile silo?
Missile silo is a noun.
What is the plural of missile silo?
The plural of missile silo is missile silos.

Words near missile silo in the dictionary

  1. missile
  2. missile farm
  3. missile farms
  4. missile gap
  5. missile gaps
  6. missile silo
  7. missile silos
  8. missileer
  9. missileers
  10. missilelike
  11. missileman

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