Godown

Quick meaning: Godown is a noun meaning (India, East Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, dated Hong Kong) A warehouse.

Meaning

(India, East Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, dated Hong Kong) A warehouse.

Example Sentences

Sam Vimes awoke from a pig's nightmare to find himself lying on a pile of sacks in a godown in the docks.

At last a certain merchant purchased the weedy little garden in the center of the Old Quarter and built godowns and shops upon its flower beds.

They retired round the corner of the godown and watched Willems curiously through the night, till the short daybreak was followed by the sudden blaze of the rising sun, and Almayer's establishment woke up to life and work.

There is a sort of village square with wood and palm-leaf native shops grouped round about it; behind this stands a godown for the rice beside the river bank. This godown was empty at the time, and it was here that the party was accommodated.

Word Forms

• godowns

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include depot, warehousing, warehouse, storehouse, store, storage.

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