godown
/ˈɡəʊdaʊn
/ /ɡəʊˈdaʊn /noun
(In eastern Asia, especially India) a warehouse.Those East End thoroughfares like East India Dock Road were full of commercial stores and warehouses and godowns....
- He said the Federation had initiated a number of steps for construction of godowns and providing warehousing facilities to meet the demand for storage space.
- The city's skyline was alight with fires rising from timber godowns and warehouses.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Portuguese gudão, from Tamil kiṭaṅku, Malayalam kiṭaṅṅu, or Kannada gadaṅgu 'store, warehouse'.
Rhymes
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth
- get (or take or have) the measure of
- get out
- get out of
- get out of bed on the wrong side (or get up on the wrong side of the bed)
- (get) out of my sight!
- get out of someone's face
- get outside of
- get over
- get over oneself
- get physical
- get real!
- get religion
- get-rich-quick
- get rid of
- get rooted
- get round (or around)