Stovl
STOVL
short takeoff and vertical landing
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verb (used with object) 1. Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use. 2. to put in a place or receptacle, as for storage or reserve; pack: He stowed the potatoes in our cellar. 3. […]
- Stowable
verb (used with object) 1. Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use. 2. to put in a place or receptacle, as for storage or reserve; pack: He stowed the potatoes in our cellar. 3. […]
- Stowage
noun 1. an act or operation of stowing. 2. the state or manner of being stowed. 3. room or accommodation for stowing something. 4. a place in which something is or may be stowed. 5. something that is stowed or to be stowed. 6. a charge for stowing something. noun 1. space, room, or a […]
- Stowaway
noun 1. a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers. noun 1. a person who hides aboard a vehicle, ship, or aircraft in order to gain free passage verb 2. (intransitive, adverb) to travel in such a way
- Stowe
noun 1. Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist. 2. a town in N Vermont: ski resort. noun 1. a mansion near Buckingham in N Buckinghamshire: built and decorated in the 17th and 18th centuries by Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, Grinling Gibbons, and William Kent; formerly the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham; fine landscaped […]