noun
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a boat or ship driven by steam engines
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Also called: steam box. an apparatus for steaming wooden beams and planks to make them pliable for shipbuilding
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a vessel used to cook food by steam
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slang a clash of sporting teams characterized by rough play
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Origin of steamer
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I got a steamer that I actually pull on over my mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
At one point, I realized I had forgotten to put water in said steamer — which is, you know, a steamer’s whole deal.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
These are foam or gel-filled toys of various brands shaped like bao buns, and sometimes sold in plastic replicas of bamboo steamer baskets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The Dream Midtown went so far as to wheel an industrial size steamer into my room when a portable one wasn’t immediately available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Our silverware has descended to the steamer trunk.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Portable steamers are cheap and easy to use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
For the past 20 years she has instead worked maintaining electrical items, such as water purifiers and clothes steamers, in people's homes.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022
By the early 1900s, steamers from Seattle offered city folk a beach day at Rosario.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Maybe she skimped on verbal and physical affection, favoring a love language that expressed itself in steamers full of dumplings or plates of sliced fruit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022
Milwaukee put three steamers and their crews onboard a train, leaving that city with only one working engine.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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