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steamship
[ steem-ship ]
steamship
/ ˈstiːmˌʃɪp /
noun
- a ship powered by one or more steam engines
Word History and Origins
Origin of steamship1
Example Sentences
A former governor and four other men soon formed a committee to inspect steamships for offending literature arriving into South Carolina, and reserving the right to burn whatever they found objectionable.
The country has an abundance of coal deposits, and in the 18th and 19th centuries, coal transformed the nation, powering steamships across oceans and locomotives across the land.
They got a steamship to give chase and caught up with the Pearl where it was anchored.
The conversation took place in the smoke-room of a steamship bound for Australia, and at least a dozen men were taking part in it.
We cannot watch the throbbing engines of a great steamship without seeing Jack at work among them.
As you said, I am only picking up a living here, and even the passage by your own second-class steamship line is expensive.
A few days later they embarked in the steamship Norseman, en route for England.
The Elder Dempster, Dominion and other large steamship companies trade at the port.
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