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SCOW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scow" is a kind of...):

barge; flatboat; hoy; lighter (a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scow" is a kind of...):

boat (a small vessel for travel on water)

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