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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.

   "This steamboat was exactly like a decked scow."

2. 2
   a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold wordnet
3. 3
   any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To transport in a scow. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

boatcanoecruiserferry

Example

More examples

"This steamboat was exactly like a decked scow."

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schouw.

Related phrases

garbage scowmud scow

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.