Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stowage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stowage \Stow"age\, n.
1. The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of
provisions in a vessel.
2. Room in which things may be stowed. --Cook.
In every vessel is stowage for immense treasures.
--Addison.
3. The state of being stowed, or put away. ``To have them in
safe stowage.'' --Shak.
4. Things stowed or packed. --Beau. & Fl.
5. Money paid for stowing goods.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stowage
n 1: the charge for stowing goods
2: a room in which things are stored [syn: {storeroom}, {storage
room}]
3: the act of packing or storing away [syn: {stowing}]
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