scow

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schouw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

scow (plural scows)

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

Derived terms

Verb

scow (third-person singular simple present scows, present participle scowing, simple past and past participle scowed)

  1. (transitive) To transport in a scow.

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

scow m inan

  1. (Łowicz) alternative form of szczaw

Further reading

  • Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “scow”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 55