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Meanings of stowage in English

Catalan
rebost
Spanish
depósito
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A room in which things are stored.

rebost

The act of packing or storing away.

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Examples for "stowing"
Examples for "stowing"
1
Brion climbed slowly to his feet after stowing everything in the pack.
Planet of the Damned
2
In the main hall, people are still stowing their lunches and laughing.
The windup girl
3
Presently the arduous task of stowing the uninvited Northern contingent was undertaken.
Disturbed Ireland / Being the Letters Written During the Winter ...
4
Employ'd hoisting on board and stowing away the ground Tier of Water.
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World /...
5
Immediately she began nibbling off berries and stowing them in her basket.
A nest for celeste: a story about art, inspiration, and the mean...
Usage of stowage in English
1
The cross-beams were sufficiently close to afford stowage room for considerable property.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
2
Something shoots from your arm, through my stowage, to the very keelstone.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
3
The Bonito was a large vessel, built for stowage rather than speed.
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
4
The embarkation was easy enough, and the stowage still more so.
Ran Away to Sea
5
This was close stowage, and I was heartily glad when I quittedtheship
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
6
This we did in a large barn, where we made good stowage until morning.
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
7
The stowage was clumsily done, and the vessel consequently crank.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
8
Yet if time presses, there may be had next door a not unsavory stowage.
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
9
Besides, he has stowage for a fleet of East Indiamen.'
Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson / Or, A...
10
Then there is the pretty problem of the life-boat and the stowage of the same.
The Cruise of the Snark
11
If your ears lay beyond the muss, the stowage was deemed decent and in order.
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
12
The mate was in charge of the stowage, so I could not be quite sure.
The Mystery
13
The stowage of such a cargo was accounted handy.
Ran Away to Sea
14
Dishes shifted minutely in their stowage above the sink.
Dead calm
15
The corn was damaged owing to defective stowage; the firm claimed compensation from the steamship company.
Serge Panine — Volume 01
16
A man with only a portmanteau for his stowage must keep his memorials in his head.
Middlemarch
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Catalan
rebost
Stowage through the time
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