STEAMER
steamer
Noun
- A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
- A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, and in various processes of manufacture.
- A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
- A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
- A wetsuit which has long sleeves and long legs.
- A dish of steamed clams.
- Any species of the duck genus Tachyeres, of which all four species occur in South America, and three are flightless.
- 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.
- 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).
- A horse whose odds are decreasing (becoming shorter) because bettors are backing it.
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