Stow vs. Stowage — What's the Difference?

To place or arrange, especially in a neat, compact way

In nautical terminology, stowage is the amount of room available for stowing materials aboard a ship, tank or an airplane. In container shipping, stowage planning refers to the arrangement of containers on board a container vessel.

To fill (a place or container) by packing tightly.

The act, manner, or process of stowing.

To store for future use

The state of being stored.

(Slang) To refrain from; stop.

Space or room for storage.

To provide lodging for; quarter.

A place or container for storage.

(rare) A place, stead.

Goods in storage or to be stowed.

To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.

A charge for storing goods.

To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.

The act or practice of stowing.

To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.

A place where things are stowed.

To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.

Things that are stowed.

To cease; to stop doing something.

Amount of room for storing things.

(obsolete) A cry used by falconers to call their birds back down to hand.

A charge for stowing and storage.

To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.

The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel.

To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.

Room in which things may be stowed.

To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.

The state of being stowed, or put away.

Fill by packing tightly;

Things stowed or packed.

Money paid for stowing goods.

The charge for stowing goods

A room in which things are stored

The act of packing or storing away