Stow

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊ

From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw ("a place, spot, locality, site"), from Proto-Germanic *stōwō ("a place, stowage"), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ("to stand, place, put"). Cognate with Old Frisian stō ("place"), Icelandic stó ("fireplace"). See also -stow.

Full definition of stow

Noun

1. (rare) A place.

From Middle English stowen, stawen, stewen, from Old English stōwian ("to hold back, restrain"), from Proto-Germanic *stōwōną, *stōwijaną ("to stow, dam up"), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ("to stand, place"). Cognate with Dutch stuwen, stouwen ("to stow"), Low German stauen ("to blin, halt, hinder"), German stauen ("to halt, hem in, stow, pack"), Danish stuve ("to stow"), Swedish stuva ("to stow").

Verb

1. to put something away in a compact and tidy manner
2. to put something away to store it in a space saving manner and over long time

Related terms

• bestow
• stow away

Anagrams

• ow'st, swot, tows, twos, wost, wots