Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In thermodynamics, the total heat required to produce steam at any tension from water at 0° C. or 32° F. It is the sum of the sensible heat and the latent heat expressed in thermal units.
- noun Heat imparted by the condensation of steam in coils, pipes, or radiators.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb heat by means of steam
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Examples
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And then, in that steam-heat, she began to birch me, very lightly at first, up the backs of my legs and to my shoulders, and then back again, harder and harder all the time, until I began to yelp.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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In a boiler room there was an oil furnace that would steam-heat the dairy tank.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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In a boiler room there was an oil furnace that would steam-heat the dairy tank.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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In a boiler room there was an oil furnace that would steam-heat the dairy tank.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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On the large scale the grains are made by forcing the paste through sieves, dried by steam-heat and polished by rolling against each other in a barrel.
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The outer air, penned between high buildings, brought no freshness through the window; steam-heat was beginning to sing in a coil of dingy pipes, and a smell of cooking penetrated the crack of the door.
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987
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The outer air, penned between high buildings, brought no freshness through the window; steam-heat was beginning to sing in a coil of dingy pipes, and a smell of cooking penetrated the crack of the door.
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987
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The outer air, penned between high buildings, brought no freshness through the window; steam-heat was beginning to sing in a coil of dingy pipes, and a smell of cooking penetrated the crack of the door.
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987
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_He: _ "But I've known cases of love in a four-room flat, with steam-heat and all improvements."
Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous
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Britishers have slept off your spring mattresses, I'd say, light out for the city and steam-heat afore the snow comes.
Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Isabel Hornibrook
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