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stowage


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stowage  \Stow"age\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  or  method  of  stowing;  as  the  stowage  of 
  provisions  in  a  vessel. 
 
  2.  Room  in  which  things  may  be  stowed.  --Cook. 
 
  In  every  vessel  is  stowage  for  immense  treasures. 
  --Addison. 
 
  3.  The  state  of  being  stowed,  or  put  away  ``To  have  them  in 
  safe  stowage.''  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Things  stowed  or  packed.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  5.  Money  paid  for  stowing  goods. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stowage 
  n  1:  the  charge  for  stowing  goods 
  2:  a  room  in  which  things  are  stored  [syn:  {storeroom},  {storage 
  room}] 
  3:  the  act  of  packing  or  storing  away  [syn:  {stowing}] 




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