godown [goh-doun] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- (in India and other countries in Asia) a warehouse or other storage place.
Origin of godown 1580–90; Malay godong, perhaps Telugu giḍ(ḍ)angi, Tamil kiṭanku, akin to kiṭa- to lie Related Words for godown transaction, process, incident, experiment, exercise, measure, action, operation, procedure, contingency, probability, goings-on, aftereffect, suite, tenement, condo, walk-up, occurrence, maneuver, happening Examples from the Web for godown Historical Examples of godown
If the boat is late, leave the case in Bun-Hin’s godown till to-morrow.
Joseph Conrad
“They are in the old Chinese godown at the bottom of the garden,” said Saxham.
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
And accordingly he walked over to the godown attached to the house.
The Humour and Pathos of Anglo-Indian Life
Dr. Ticklemore
Not one left in godown; all empty, wife, children, all done gone!
Milne Rae
She opened the godown, called the cook and gave the woman her orders.
Louis Couperus
British Dictionary definitions for godown godown noun
- (in East Asia and India) a warehouse
Word Origin for godown C16: from Malay godong