Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overstow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-stow
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stow on top of one another.

noun

The act of stowing cargo on top of other cargo.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A preferred stow is to level in lower hold spaces and overstow by other suitable cargoes."
"The type of overstow described above is the most common type of overstow fault."
"A two stage approach was developed: in the first stage two objective functions were considered, one to minimize the number of bays packed by containers and the other to minimize the number of overstows."

Etymology

From over- + stow.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Inflected Forms

overstows (present, singular) overstowing (participle, present) overstowed (participle, past) overstowed (past) overstows (plural)

Synonyms

overstowage

Questions

What does overstow mean?: To stow on top of one another.
Where does overstow come from?: From over- + stow.

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