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godown::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | warehouse, storage warehouse |
Examples of godown
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The treaty allowed the Portuguese to build a godown and to erect a fort in Kalapa.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Similarly, nullah comes from Bengali, and godown from Malay via Anglo-Indian.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Godown has been the tough guy, which hasn't helped his popularity with the rank and file.
From the sfgate.com
Near the entrance to the old port is the Museum Bahari, housed in a 17th century godown.
From the time.com
The godown at South Pier is used as transit sheds.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Jayawikarta soldiers besieged the Dutch fortress that covered two strong godown, namely Nassau and Mauritius.
From the en.wikipedia.org
However, according to the guidelines, the rice has to be taken directly from FCI godown to the school or village concerned.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Godown left the LAFD in June, complaining to the Fire Commission that the department had not given him the resources to do his job properly.
From the latimes.com
Godown said he found the report he completed six years earlier sitting in a desk drawer, apparently untouched, in the same conference room where he presented it to fire officials.
From the latimes.com
- (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse
- A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. ...
- A warehouse or other storage place in SEA or Far East; as derived from a corruption of Malay 'godong'. See DUMP, DEPOT, ELEPHANT HUT, UTILITY BUILDING, MULTIPLE UTILITY BUILDING, STEELDROME, RED BALL, COMBAT LOADED, DX, MSR, LOG, QM, NSN, CLASS SIX, WALLAH.
- Warehouse or cargo shed. This term is often used in the Far East.
- "In the Far East, a warehouse where goods are stored and delivered."
