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Definition: Towage |
TowageNoun1. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; "the truck gave him a tow to the garage". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Towage \Tow"age\, noun. [From Tow, v. Compare to French touage.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Shipping | The charge made for towing a vessel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: TowageSynonym: tow (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regression | Noun: traction; drawing; Verb: draught, pull, haul; rake; "a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together"; towage, haulage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Towage |
| English words defined with "towage": Trackage. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | As regards sea fishing, maritime coasting trade, and maritime towage, vessels of the Allied and Associated Powers shall enjoy, in German territorial waters, the treatment accorded to vessels of the most favoured nation. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Towage" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 63.64% of the time. "Towage" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 63.64% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 36.36% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
towage | 20 |
broker salvage towage | 4 |
commercial towage | 4 |
emergency towage | 4 |
consultant towage tug | 3 |
inquiry towage | 3 |
marine salvage towage | 2 |
in towage turkey | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "towage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rimorkim (tow, towing, tug), pagesë për rimorkim. (various references) | |
Arabic | رسم القطر, رسم السحب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | теглене (draft, drag, draught, draw, drawing, haul, haulage, lug, pull, tow, towing, traction, tug), влачене (crawl, haul, haulage, lug, shuffle, tow, traction). (various references) | |
Czech | vlek (tow, trailer). (various references) | |
Danish | bugserrejse (towage voyage). (various references) | |
Dutch | sleepvaart, sleepreis (towage voyage). (various references) | |
Finnish | hinaus (towing). (various references) | |
French | remorquage (tow, towing). (various references) | |
German | Schleppreise (towage voyage). (various references) | |
Greek | έξοδα ρυμουλκήσεωσ, ρυμούλκια (tow), ρυμούλκηση (tow, towing). (various references) | |
Hebrew | א'רת 'ריר". (various references) | |
Hungarian | vontatás (haul, haulage, pulling, tow, towing, traction, tug). (various references) | |
Korean | 예 료. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owagetay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | reboque (caravan, dragline, haulage, hauling, tow, tow truck, towing, trailer, tug), atoagem. (various references) | |
Russian | буксировка (tow, towaway, towing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vuča (draft, pull, tow, towing, traction, tug), naplata za vuču. (various references) | |
Turkish | çekme ücreti, çekme (allure, allurement, bearing, draft, draught, draw, drawing, extraction, haul, haulage, hitch, hoist, pluck, pull, pull off, pull out, shrinkage, shrinking, soak, throwback, towaway, towing, traction, withdrawal), çekici parası. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | буксирування (haulage, tow, towing). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuyền (cockswain, coxswain, keel, racer), sự lai (tow), sự dắt. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "towage": towages. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "towage": stowage. (additional references) | |
Words containing "towage": stowages. (additional references) | |
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"Towage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: owage, Tiwag, Tokarev, tolagee, tolagol, torag, totage, towie, twae, twegen, vowage. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "towage" (pronounced 'Tow"age'): Abusage, Accourage, Adage, Adjustage, Alloyage, Amperage, Appendage, Arrearage, Berthage, Blindage, blockage, Boatage, Bondage, Borage, Bordage, Bossage, Breakage, Brewage, Buoyage, Burgage, Careenage, Cartage, Centage, Checkage, Chiefage, Clearage, Cloudage, Clownage, Coinage, Corage, Cordage, Corkage, Costage, Couage, Courage, Cranage, Crimpage, Cuinage, Encourage, Endamage, Escheatage, Floodage, Floorage, flowage, Foldage, Fraughtage, freightage, Frequentage, frontage, fruitage. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-o-t-w" | |
-1 letter: togae. | |
-2 letters: gate, geta, goat, toea, toga, twae, wage. | |
-3 letters: age, ago, ate, awe, eat, ego, eta, gae, gat, get, goa, got, oat, owe, tae, tag, tao, taw, tea, teg, tew, toe, tog, tow, twa, two, wae, wag, wat, wet, woe, wog, wot. | |
-4 letters: ae, ag, at, aw, et, go, oe, ow, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-o-t-w" | |
+1 letter: stowage, towages. | |
+2 letters: stowages, waterdog, waterlog. | |
+3 letters: afterglow, downstage, outgnawed, wagonette, waterdogs, waterlogs. | |
+4 letters: afterglows, dogwatches, downstages, outwearing, wagonettes. | |
+5 letters: battlewagon, browbeating, gentlewoman, groundwater, outswearing, outwearying, postweaning, watchdogged, waterlogged, witenagemot. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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