Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or practice of stowing.

    the stowage of cargo

    the charge for stowing goods

  2. (countable, uncountable)A place where things are stowed.

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

    хранилищеxranilišče

  3. (countable, uncountable)Things that are stowed.

    Our stowage disappeared down the chute, into the employee only cargo area, never to be seen again by man.

    укладкаukladka

    a room in which things are stored

  4. (countable, uncountable)Amount of room for storing things.

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

    вместимостьvmestimostʹ

  5. (countable, uncountable)A charge for stowing and storage.

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

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
place:
things:
amount of room:

Forms

plural: stowages
Singularstowage
Pluralstowages

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of packing or storing away:stowing
  • a room in which things are stored:storeroomstorage room

Word family

1 related words
Relatedstow

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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