Contextualizebeta

stowage

noun

Etymology

From stow + -age.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻ — “to stand, place, put”
  2. inherited from *stōō✻ — “a place, stowage”
  3. inherited from *stōu✻
  4. inherited from stōw — “place, location”
  5. inherited from stowe
  6. suffixed as stowage — “stow + age”

Definitions

  1. The act or practice of stowing.

    • the stowage of cargo

  2. A place where things are stowed.

    • Accommodations were so poor I think we were in stowage, with the rest of the cargo.

  3. Things that are stowed.

    • Our stowage disappeared down the chute, into the employee only cargo area, never to be seen again by man.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Amount of room for storing things.

      • The reduction in the ship's size naturally reduced her stowage.

    2. A charge for stowing and storage.

      • We'll have to pay the stowage if we want our crate back.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stowage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA