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stowdown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stow-down
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The placing away in casks or tanks of the oil obtained in whaling.

Obsolete

Etymology

From stow + down.

Usage

Inflected Forms

stowdowns (plural)

Questions

What does stowdown mean?
The placing away in casks or tanks of the oil obtained in whaling.
Where does stowdown come from?
From stow + down.

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