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stowage

stowage

7.5
Packing goods into a ship or container so they stay safe
  • noun
  • /ˈstoʊɪdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : almacenamiento
  • The stowage of the luggage in the overhead compartments was done efficiently.

Examples

  • Every freighter lost some of its hold space to odd nooks and crannies, the gaps between cargo modules, and sloppy stowage.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • "There simply is no good answer for stowage," Curtis said.

    Academic text (2005)

  • It also folds up for easy stowage.

    Blog text (32)

  • There is ample stowage under the seats for passengers to keep their personal items.

  • The boat had special stowage areas designed to hold fishing gear securely while at sea.

Synonyms

storage
vsstowage
339 1.0

A place where people keep things until they need them

is the act of packing goods into a cargo space rather than the place
packing
vsstowage
30 1.1

Putting items into boxes to protect them during shipping or moving

focuses on arranging goods inside a cargo space, not only boxing them
warehousing
vsstowage
3 3.8

Keeping goods in a large building for a business

involves placing items into cargo spaces rather than long term warehouse use
stowing
vsstowage
1 4.3

Putting things into a place carefully so they stay safe

is the general act of storing items, not necessarily done carefully

How Careful

stowing
1 4.3
stowage
  • Specialized
7.5
placement
62 3.5

Surface Forms

stowage singular
stowages plural

Morphology

stowage = stow (transparent) = stow + age

A straightforward nominalization of the verb 'stow' denoting the action or process of storing.

Etymology

Stowage comes from stow 'to put in a place' plus -age, which can mean the act or result of doing something. So stowage can mean the action of packing or storing goods, which explains its use for how cargo is loaded and arranged.