scow

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