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scow en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /skaʊ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schouw.

Meanings

  1. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
    • This steamboat was exactly like a decked scow. 1899, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Heart of Darkness:

Forms

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scows Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

garbage scow · mud scow

scow en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /skaʊ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schouw.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To transport in a scow.

Forms

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scowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
scowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
scowed Tense=Past lexicographic
scows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic