'Stowage' definitions:
Definition of 'stowage'
From: WordNet
noun
The charge for stowing goods
noun
A room in which things are stored [syn: storeroom, storage room, stowage]
noun
The act of packing or storing away [syn: stowage, stowing]
Definition of 'Stowage'
From: GCIDE
- Stowage \Stow"age\, n.
- 1. The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Room in which things may be stowed. --Cook. [1913 Webster]
- In every vessel is stowage for immense treasures. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The state of being stowed, or put away. "To have them in safe stowage." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Things stowed or packed. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Money paid for stowing goods. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stowage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodation,
- allocation,
- assignment,
- burden,
- capacity,
- cold storage,
- collocation,
- conservation,
- content,
- cordage,
- custody,
- dead storage,
- deployment,
- deposit,
- deposition,
- disposition,
- dry storage,
- emplacement,
- guardianship,
- lading,
- limit,
- loading,
- localization,
- locating,
- location,
- measure,
- packing,
- pinpointing,
- placement,
- placing,
- positioning,
- posting,
- poundage,
- preservation,
- putting,
- quantity,
- reposition,
- room,
- safekeeping,
- shelf-room,
- situation,
- space,
- spotting,
- stationing,
- storage,
- storage space,
- tonnage,
- volume,
- warehousing