"scow" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skaʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scow.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scows [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch schouw. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|schouw}} Dutch schouw Head templates: {{en-noun}} scow (plural scows)
  1. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends. Derived forms: garbage scow, mud scow
    Sense id: en-scow-en-noun-RQFsz~0- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18

Verb

IPA: /skaʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scow.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scows [present, singular, third-person], scowing [participle, present], scowed [participle, past], scowed [past]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch schouw. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|schouw}} Dutch schouw Head templates: {{en-verb}} scow (third-person singular simple present scows, present participle scowing, simple past and past participle scowed)
  1. (transitive) To transport in a scow. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Watercraft
    Sense id: en-scow-en-verb-OE4S5mRY Disambiguation of Watercraft: 22 78

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scow meaning in English (3.2kB)

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