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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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
Undeterred, Winnie hops onboard as a stowaway.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
In the kitchen, return cooking supplies to the pantry and stow away bottles of wine.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Ella is shocked to suddenly find Nick (Brown), a sailor and local Newport historian, aboard her schooner and accuses him of being a stowaway.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
Undeterred, Winnie hops onboard as a stowaway.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
Verb
The tent breaks down and stows away even more quickly, as several its multiple valves allow for fast deflation while also helping to prevent total failure in the case of a leak in one of the air frame segments.
—New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
In the kitchen, return cooking supplies to the pantry and stow away bottles of wine.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 28 Jan. 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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