What does stow away mean?

stow away means "hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation".

Is stow away a common word?

stow away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Stow away — meaning and definition

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1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation
“The illegal immigrants stowed away on board the freighter”
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What does stow away mean?: stow away means "hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation".
Is stow away a common word?: stow away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for stow away come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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