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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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 May 2025
Prosecutors believe Dali attempted to fly as a stowaway on two earlier occasions.
—ABC News, 10 July 2025
Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Tucker still has the baseball stowed away somewhere in his home for safekeeping.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 28 June 2025
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Noun
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn are seeking to introduce evidence of each episode when Dali stands trial later this month on stowaway charges from the incident on Nov. 26.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 May 2025
Prosecutors believe Dali attempted to fly as a stowaway on two earlier occasions.
—ABC News, 10 July 2025
Verb
Palmer still has the dining room table, where Capitol Meridian started several years ago, stowed away in the firm’s office.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Tucker still has the baseball stowed away somewhere in his home for safekeeping.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 28 June 2025
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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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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