steamer
/ˈstimɚ/ noun B2- A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture.
- A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
- A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
- A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship.
- A babycino (frothy milk drink).
- A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
- The soft-shell clam, sand gaper, or long-neck clam (Mya arenaria), an edible saltwater clam; specifically the clam when steamed for eating.
- A steamer duck: any of the four species of the duck genus Tachyeres which are all found in South America, three of which are flightless.
Plural steamers
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'But perhaps you would have the goodness to let me have the name of the steamer and of the line by which he sailed, together with the date.
At the same time that the steamer disappeared behind Cape Morgiou, a man travelling post on the road from Florence to Rome had just passed the little town of Aquapendente.
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