: a large flat-bottomed boat with broad square ends used chiefly for transporting bulk material (such as ore, sand, or refuse)
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That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.
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Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
In a startling revelation, the crew members aboard this intergalactic garbage scow turn out to be the descendants of American astronauts launched 200 years earlier during humanity's pre-warp, post-World War III days.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Work scows were up to 90 feet long and hauled coal, grain and limestone.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
In a startling revelation, the crew members aboard this intergalactic garbage scow turn out to be the descendants of American astronauts launched 200 years earlier during humanity's pre-warp, post-World War III days.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Work scows were up to 90 feet long and hauled coal, grain and limestone.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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“Scow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scow. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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: a large flat-bottomed boat with broad square ends used chiefly for transporting sand, gravel, or refuse
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