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steamer basket
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noun
a gift basket of fruit, sweets, and the like, often including champagne, sent to a person departing on a trip, especially by ship.
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Origin of steamer basket
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby steamer basket
steam coal, steamed, steamed up, steam engine, steamer, steamer basket, steamer chair, steamer rug, steamer trunk, steam fitter, steam fog
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How to use steamer basket in a sentence
The non-stick ceramic-coated pot is simple to clean, and the included stainless steel steamer basket allows for cooking vegetables as well as rice.
Actually, the eggs are not boiled, but steamed — I make a dozen at a time in a steamer basket.
Ann Murdock had sent him a large steamer basket in the shape of a ship.
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