godown

[ goh-doun ]

noun
  1. (in India and other countries in Asia) a warehouse or other storage place.

Origin of godown

1
1580–90; <Malay godong, perhaps <Telugu giḍ()angi,Tamil kiṭanku, akin to kiṭa- to lie

Words 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.

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  • Two maunds are put in every sack, and when weighed the bags are hauled up close to the godown or store-room.

  • He led me by dark ways out of the fort, past the new godown, across the burying ground, down to Chandpal ghat.

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  • She did not feel called upon to add that her own under-jacket had begun life upon Evelyn Desmond's godown shelves.

  • And accordingly he walked over to the godown attached to the house.

British Dictionary definitions for godown (1 of 2)

godown

/ (ˈɡəʊˌdaʊn) /


noun
  1. (in East Asia and India) a warehouse

Origin of godown

1
C16: from Malay godong

British Dictionary definitions for go down (2 of 2)

go down

verb(intr, mainly adverb)
  1. (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

  2. to be defeated; lose

  1. to be remembered or recorded (esp in the phrase go down in history)

  2. to be received: his speech went down well

  3. (of food) to be swallowed

  4. bridge to fail to make the number of tricks previously contracted for

  5. British to leave a college or university at the end of a term or the academic year

  6. (usually foll by with) to fall ill; be infected

  7. (of a celestial body) to sink or set: the sun went down before we arrived

  8. British slang to go to prison, esp for a specified period: he went down for six months

  9. slang, mainly US to happen

  10. go down on slang to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on

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Other Idioms and Phrases with godown

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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