Wondering how to use Scow in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as boat or barge.
Scow meaning
A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
Using Scow
- The main meaning on this page is: A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
- Useful related words include: boat, barge, flatboat, hoy.
- In the example corpus, scow often appears in combinations such as: scow bay, garbage scow.
Context around Scow
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scow
- In this selection, "scow" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, garbage, controlled, bay and scs stand out and add context to how "scow" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cove to scow bay and project at scow bay should. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scow" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scow
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He towed it with his skiff for 4.5 hours from Ideal Cove to Scow Bay. (16 words)
Graduating in Space Quest V, he is promoted from a janitor to captain of the garbage scow SCS Eureka. (19 words)
He graduates (or rather, cheats through the final exam) and is appointed captain of his own spacecraft (actually a space garbage scow). (22 words)
He escapes the robot-controlled scow by repairing an old ship, the Aluminum Mallard (a play on Howard Hughes ' " Spruce Goose " and Star Wars ' Millennium Falcon ). (26 words)
One local business owner thought that last project at Scow Bay should be lower down the list or not listed as a priority. (23 words)
He graduates (or rather, cheats through the final exam) and is appointed captain of his own spacecraft (actually a space garbage scow). (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
One local business owner thought that last project at Scow Bay should be lower down the list or not listed as a priority.
He towed it with his skiff for 4.5 hours from Ideal Cove to Scow Bay.
Graduating in Space Quest V, he is promoted from a janitor to captain of the garbage scow SCS Eureka.
He escapes the robot-controlled scow by repairing an old ship, the Aluminum Mallard (a play on Howard Hughes ' " Spruce Goose " and Star Wars ' Millennium Falcon ).
He graduates (or rather, cheats through the final exam) and is appointed captain of his own spacecraft (actually a space garbage scow).
Common combinations with scow
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: