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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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Since 2015, there have been 32 wheel well stowaways globally, with five on U.S. carriers.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
There have been multiple recent reports of people being discovered stowed away in airplane wheel wells, and others who somehow bypassed boarding pass scans and made it into the passenger cabin without valid tickets.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
These resourceful midsize monkeys also have the unique distinction of being the only primate to have successfully colonized Europe in the recent past: stowaways on ships from Morocco to Gibraltar have established a stable population of more than 300 individuals.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Since 2015, there have been 32 wheel well stowaways globally, with five on U.S. carriers.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
And all this fits into a slim 0.65-inch (16.6-mm) build that should be easy to stow away anywhere – unlike other options such as the $120 Fenix PD36R Pro.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
There have been multiple recent reports of people being discovered stowed away in airplane wheel wells, and others who somehow bypassed boarding pass scans and made it into the passenger cabin without valid tickets.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 8 Feb. 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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