noun
Meaning 1
The act or practice of stowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the stowage of cargo
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stowage
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noun
Meaning 2
A place where things are stowed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Accommodations were so poor I think we were in stowage, with the rest of the cargo.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Things that are stowed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Our stowage disappeared down the chute, into the employee only cargo area, never to be seen again by man.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Amount of room for storing things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The reduction in the ship's size naturally reduced her stowage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A charge for stowing and storage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- We'll have to pay the stowage if we want our crate back.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the act of packing or storing away
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stowing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: storage
noun
Meaning 7
a room in which things are stored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: storeroom, storage room
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
Narrower terms: chandlery, lumber room, pantry, larder, buttery, stockroom, stock room, strongroom
noun
Meaning 8
the charge for stowing goods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: charge
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English stow Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English stowage From stow + -age.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подреждане (podreždane) — the act or practice of stowing
- Catalan: estiba — the act or practice of stowing
- Czech: úschova — the act or practice of stowing
- Czech: uskladnění — the act or practice of stowing
- Polish: arymaż — the act or practice of stowing
- Bulgarian: склад (sklad) — place
- Czech: sklad — place
- Czech: úschovna — place
- Finnish: ruuma — place
- Finnish: varasto — place
- Italian: stivaggio — place
- Norwegian Bokmål: stuing — place
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stuing — place
- Russian: хранилище (xranilišče) — place
- Finnish: rahti — things
- Finnish: matkatavarat — things
- Finnish: tavarat — things
- Russian: укладка (ukladka) — things
- Czech: skladovací prostor — amount of room
- Czech: skladovací plocha — amount of room
- Finnish: ruuma — amount of room
- Finnish: rahtitila — amount of room
- Finnish: varasto — amount of room
- Finnish: varastotila — amount of room
- Russian: вместимость (vmestimostʹ) — amount of room
- Czech: úschovné — charge
- Czech: skladné — charge
- Finnish: rahti — charge
- Finnish: säilytysmaksu — charge
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