STOWING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of packing or storing away

Synonyms:

stowage; stowing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stowing" is a kind of...):

storage (the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials)

Derivation:

stow (fill by packing tightly)

-ing form of the verb stow