stowage
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "the stowage of cargo"
- "Accommodations were so poor I think we were in stowage, with the rest of the cargo."
- "Our stowage disappeared down the chute, into the employee only cargo area, never to be seen again by man."
- "The reduction in the ship's size naturally reduced her stowage."
- "We'll have to pay the stowage if we want our crate back."
Etymology
Etymology tree English stow Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English stowage From stow + -age.