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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First responders discovered the stowaway, who, while a little scared, was healthy.
—Barry Pintar, CBS News, 27 May 2026
New Atlas, 5 June 2026
Luggage stows away under the seat or in an overhead shelf.
—Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
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Noun
One such incident occurred on Christmas Eve in 2024, when stowaway Shemaiah Patrice Small slipped past TSA and a gate agent before she was discovered in someone else’s seat on the Delta Airlines aircraft, CNN reported.
—Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
First responders discovered the stowaway, who, while a little scared, was healthy.
—Barry Pintar, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Verb
The cooler-style 25-L Dometic CFX3 fridge stows away under the front bed.
—New Atlas, 5 June 2026
Luggage stows away under the seat or in an overhead shelf.
—Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 11 Jun. 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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