Used in a Sentence

stowing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for stowing.

Editorial note

It's much more subtle than having your phone vibrate loudly, picking it up, and stowing it away again.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act by which something is stowed; stowage.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stowing gathered in one view.

noun

The act by which something is stowed; stowage.

noun

(mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stowing.

noun

The act by which something is stowed; stowage.

noun

(mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

Example sentences

1

It's much more subtle than having your phone vibrate loudly, picking it up, and stowing it away again.

2

I mean, who is going to volunteer to be the Amazon Stowing John Henry?

3

It is a pod, so wheelchair access will involve stowing the wheelchair, just like a car or seated bus.

4

Grabbing inventory from there involves pulling it down, opening, pulling apart eaches, and then stowing in fast access areas.

5

The challenge is not only stowing objects.

6

I have a pipe dream of setting up self-sufficient devices like that, and stowing them on public transport (e.g.

7

And this is, in fact, why the arguments about making tech open and welcoming to women and stowing the dudeism stuff is really important.

8

I can't imagine getting 100 people off a plane and then another 100 back on, plus stowing/unstowing baggage, all in 10 minutes.

9

I think he's talking about stowing his money there, not himself.

10

Most of the time, the people at the front of the group choose seats toward the front of the plane and hold up everyone else while they're stowing their bag.

11

I don't mind stowing it in checked duffel bag.

12

Once you board the plane, if they hassle you about stowing it in overhead, ask politely if you can stow the guitar in the crew closet or in the back of the plane.

Quote examples

1

Coach is boarded back to front because a) coach is (semi-intentionally) treated like luggage which moves itself and b) boarding back-to-front is faster that front-to-back, in that it has less "person stowing their bag blocks the aisle" moments.

2

She left a week and a half in after having severe allergies in response to the thick coating of dust throughout the warehouse and on all the shelving we were working "stowing" product on.

3

People will try to split hairs over "doing it the right way," when until the 1900s doing it the right way was basically just having enough financial stability to make it here - many states had nothing beyond 'means testing' that would easily be passed if you could afford to make it to America rather than stowing away, and many states had less than that.

4

"SpaceX is scheduled to launch its fourth operational cargo mission to the ISS, SpaceX CRS-4, this Saturday, September 20." My guess is spacex got disqualified so boeing won because elon was found stowing away in a space suit in this saturday's launcher.

Proper noun examples

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Stowing them overnight becomes a choke-point.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use stowing in a sentence?

It's much more subtle than having your phone vibrate loudly, picking it up, and stowing it away again.

What does stowing mean?

The act by which something is stowed; stowage.

What part of speech is stowing?

stowing is commonly used as noun.