stowed away; stowing away; stows away
: to secrete oneself aboard a vehicle as a means of obtaining transportation
Examples of stowaway in a Sentence
Noun
A stowaway was discovered on the ship.
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Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Svetlana Dali, a mentally ill stowaway who sneaked onto a flight to Paris last year, is back to her plane-hopping ways.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
It can be removed, laundered, and stowed away as needed.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 13 Mar. 2026
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Noun
She was later found guilty on a federal stowaway charge.
—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Svetlana Dali, a mentally ill stowaway who sneaked onto a flight to Paris last year, is back to her plane-hopping ways.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
An 11-pound male red fox, estimated to be about 2 years old, is under veterinary care at the Bronx Zoo after stowing away on a cargo ship that crossed the Atlantic Ocean from England to the United States.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
It can be removed, laundered, and stowed away as needed.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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stowaway
1 of 2 noun
stow·away
ˈstō-ə-ˌwā 
: one who stows away : an unregistered passenger
stow away
2 of 2 verbˌstō-ə-ˈwā
: to hide aboard a vehicle to obtain transportation
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