Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that steams.
- n. A steamship.
- n. A vehicle, machine, or engine driven by steam.
- n. A container in which something is steamed.
- n. See soft-shell clam.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which steams, in any sense. Specifically— A steam-box.
Wiktionary
- n. cooking A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
- n. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, and in various processes of manufacture.
- n. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
- n. A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
- n. A wetsuit which has long sleeves and long legs.
- n. A dish of steamed clams.
- n. Any species of the duck genus Tachyeres, of which all four species occur in South America, and three are flightless.
- n. Australia, food, obsolete A food made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot, with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices; popular circa 1850 but apparently no longer so by the 1900s.
- n. obsolete A steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels (Webster 1913).
- n. horse racing A horse whose odds are decreasing (becoming shorter) because bettors are backing it.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
- n. A steam fire engine. See under Steam.
- n. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.
- n. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.
- n. (Zoöl.) The steamer duck.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it
- v. travel by means of steam power
- n. a ship powered by one or more steam engines
- n. a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
- n. an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
Etymologies
- From steam + -er. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The steamer outwards from Barbadoes could land, and the homeward (p. 123) bound packet take up the Haytian mails at Cape Henry, when the return packet goes by the north side; and the _return_ Haytian mails could be picked up at Jacmel, if the packet, _when a steamer_, calls, as she may do, at that place on her voyage to Jamaica, preparatory to her return by way of St. Jago and Cape Nichola to Fayal or Falmouth.”
“Peaking out of the top steamer is thousands of disposable chopstick — accumulated in less than a year by a ‘one child policy’ family — packed together and standing on end.”
“To cook dumplings, bring water to a boil in the bottom of your steamer or pot (a bamboo steamer is ideal).”
“Being white gods, he did not resent their addresses to him, though he did not linger and went out on the open deck where more of the favoured gods reclined in steamer-chairs.”
“A tamalera, or tamale steamer, is good for this, because it is large and comes with a rack that fits the pot, but any large pot and rack will work.”
“Flightlessness in steamer-ducks (Anatidae: Tachyeres): its morphological bases and probable evolution.”
“Territoriality and interspecific aggression in steamer-ducks.”
“Place the calabasitas in steamer and reduce to low heat.”
“Place in steamer over boiling water for 5 to 6 minutes.”
“The steamer is tall (as tall as, well, asparagus spears) and narrow (as narrow as, well about 2 pounds of asparagus).”
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yarb I'll have the clam, please. Sep 23, 2011
hernesheir A duck, a clam, or a wetsuit. You pick. Sep 23, 2011
treeseed A Steamer is a flavored milk beverage available in some coffeehouses and cafes in North America. A steamer consists of steamed milk and a shot of flavor syrup. The result is a hot, flavored non-coffee beverage. Feb 4, 2008