Definitions for stowaway

stowaway stow·a·way

Spelling: [stoh-uh-wey]
IPA: /ˈstoʊ əˌweɪ/

Stowaway is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in stowaway (aaostwwy).

Definitions for stowaway

noun

  1. a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.

Origin of stowaway

First recorded in 1850-55; noun use of verb phrase stow away

Examples for stowaway

My stowaway was making for his den when I said, "How about to-morrow?"

"So this is the stowaway," I said, trying to keep my voice coolly indifferent.

"This is the stowaway, sir," said Correy briskly, closing the door.

He said he was going away in a ship to India, disguised as a stowaway.'

I was lying in my bunk when he came down with the stowaway you were holding prisoner.

My flood had abated only a fortnight since, and here was a stowaway escaped.

He acted as if he were completely unconscious of the stowaway.

What could have tempted him to leave home, and become a stowaway?

The stowaway looked at him blankly, and he repeated his orders.

In discharging the cargo in the forehold a stowaway was found in a dying state.

Word Value for stowaway
Scrable

17

Words with friends

16

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