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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act, manner, or process of stowing.
  • noun The state of being stored.
  • noun Space or room for storage.
  • noun A place or container for storage.
  • noun Goods in storage or to be stowed.
  • noun A charge for storing goods.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or operation of stowing.
  • noun The state of being stowed; also, a place in which something is or may be stowed; room for stowing.
  • noun Money paid for stowing goods.
  • noun That which is stowed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or method of stowing.
  • noun Room in which things may be stowed.
  • noun The state of being stowed, or put away.
  • noun Things stowed or packed.
  • noun Money paid for stowing goods.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A place where things are stowed.
  • noun Things that are stowed.
  • noun Amount of room for storing things.
  • noun A charge for stowing and storage.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a room in which things are stored
  • noun the charge for stowing goods
  • noun the act of packing or storing away

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