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n. - The act of packing or storing away.

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Usage examples (27)
  • Verb (used with object) : He stowed the potatoes in our cellar. ,to stow a carton with books. ,Stow it! Stow the talk!
  • James constructed a ladder out of the old bits of boards, and Tom Wilson assisted him in stowing the luggage away in the loft.
  • Furthermore, in stowing our luggage away in the skipper's tiny cabin, he saw the axe gashes on the door where the triumphant bushmen had cut their way in.
  • Elfreda had reached the door, after stowing her revolver.
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