overstow
overstow verb: to stow on top of one another.
Verb
overstow (third-person singular simple present overstows, present participle overstowing, simple past and past participle overstowed)
- To stow on top of one another.
- A preferred stow is to level in lower hold spaces and overstow by other suitable cargoes.2006, David House, Cargo Work
Noun
overstow (countable and uncountable, plural overstows)
- The act of stowing cargo on top of other cargo.
- The type of overstow described above is the most common type of overstow fault.1988, Prototype Expert System to Provide Decision Support for Stowage Planning. Technical Report
- A two stage approach was developed: in the first stage two objective functions were considered, one to minimize the number of bays packed by containers and the other to minimize the number of overstows.2015, João Paulo Almeida, Jose Fernando Oliveira, Alberto Adrego Pinto, Operational Research: IO 2013 - XVI Congress of APDIO, Bragança, Portugal, June 3-5, 2013
- Synonyms:
- overstowage
Synonyms of overstow
Forms of overstow
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | overstows |
| present participle | overstowing |
| past participle | overstowed |
| past | overstowed |
| Noun | |
| plural | overstows |
Origin of overstow
From over- + stow.
Questions about overstow
- What does overstow mean?
- Overstow means to stow on top of one another.
- What part of speech is overstow?
- Overstow can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of overstow?
- The past tense of overstow is overstowed.
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