scow

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/skaʊ/

noun

A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.

OriginDutch schouw →
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Meanings

nounscow (plural scows)

plural scows

  1. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.

    This steamboat was exactly like a decked scow.

    1899, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Heart of Darkness
verbscow (third-person singular simple present scows, present participle scowing, simple past and past participle scowed)

present singular third person scows · participle present scowing · participle past scowed · past scowed

  1. transitiveTo transport in a scow.

Origin

  1. Dutchschouw
  2. Dutchschouw
  3. Englishscow

Borrowed from Dutch schouw.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scow

ournowhowlowallowrowthoubowsomehowciaodowpalauMacauLaotaotaugaopowowchowfraumaoanyhowslough
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scow.

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