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
Melissa Grustat, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
Svetlana Dali's previous conviction Last May, Dali was convicted of stowing away on a Delta flight to Paris in November 2024.
—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 27 Feb. 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
In addition, the model should be easy to fold up and stow away to save as much space as possible—behind a door, for example, or under a bed with sufficient floor space.
—Melissa Grustat, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
Svetlana Dali's previous conviction Last May, Dali was convicted of stowing away on a Delta flight to Paris in November 2024.
—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stowaway
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 12 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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