godown
(in India and other countries in Asia) a warehouse or other storage place.
Origin of godown
1Words Nearby godown
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How to use godown in a sentence
This part of the building is covered on the outside with plaster in the manner of a kura (godown) so as to be fire-proof.
The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson ScottTwo maunds are put in every sack, and when weighed the bags are hauled up close to the godown or store-room.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier | James InglisHe led me by dark ways out of the fort, past the new godown, across the burying ground, down to Chandpal ghat.
In Clive's Command | Herbert StrangShe did not feel called upon to add that her own under-jacket had begun life upon Evelyn Desmond's godown shelves.
Captain Desmond, V.C. | Maud DiverAnd accordingly he walked over to the godown attached to the house.
The Humour and Pathos of Anglo-Indian Life | Dr. Ticklemore
British Dictionary definitions for godown (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɡəʊˌdaʊn) /
(in East Asia and India) a warehouse
Origin of godown
1British Dictionary definitions for go down (2 of 2)
(also preposition) to move or lead to or as if to a lower place or level; sink, decline, decrease, etc: the ship went down this morning; prices are going down; the path goes down to the sea
to be defeated; lose
to be remembered or recorded (esp in the phrase go down in history)
to be received: his speech went down well
(of food) to be swallowed
bridge to fail to make the number of tricks previously contracted for
British to leave a college or university at the end of a term or the academic year
(usually foll by with) to fall ill; be infected
(of a celestial body) to sink or set: the sun went down before we arrived
British slang to go to prison, esp for a specified period: he went down for six months
slang, mainly US to happen
go down on slang to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on
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Other Idioms and Phrases with godown
Descend to a lower level; drop below the horizon, fall to the ground, or sink. For example, Don't let the baby go down the stairs alone, or The sun went down behind the hill, or I was afraid the plane would go down, or The ship went down and all hands were lost. [c. 1300]
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