Steamer

Definition: Steamer

Steamer

Noun

1. A clam that is usually steamed in the shell.

2. A cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it.

3. A ship powered by one or more steam engines.

4. An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "steamer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Occupations

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Steamer

Ship

Ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine.

Vehicle

Motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car.

Crosswords: Steamer

This is our premier steamer trunk, it's all handmade, only the finest materials. (Joe Versus the Volcano; writing credit: John Patrick Shanley)

Some Steamer Scooping (1914)

On a Tramp Steamer (1911)

Tug-o-War on Board an Ocean Steamer (1900)

Sunken Steamer in Galveston Harbor (1900)

Steamer 'Stowell' Running the Narrows (1900)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Loss of the Steamer Jeannettet (reference)

• Steamer Trunk : Woodworking Plan [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• The Best Steamer Cookbook Ever (Machine Cookbooks Series) (reference)

• The Steamer Cookbook (reference)

• The Steamer William A. Irvin: 'the Queen of the Silver Stackers' (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Steamer (Jpn Lp Sleeve) [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [IMPORT] (reference)

• The Steamer [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Sharper Image Steam Wizard Turbo Steamer and Wet/Dry Vacuum (SM420) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• 3-1/2-Quart Stainless Steel Asparagus/Vegetable Steamer (reference)

• Roshco Stainless Steel 3-1/2-Quart Asparagus Steamer (reference)

• Bamboo Steamer (3-pc.) (reference)

• All-Clad 12-Quart Stainless Multi Cooker with Steamer Basket (reference)

• T-Fal 61621 Steam Cuisine 7-Quart Steamer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Charles D. Sigsbee Commanded the Coast Survey Steamer BLAKE Invented Sigsbee Sounding Machine With Alexander Agassiz was first to use steel cable for deepsea oceanography Known for commanding the MAINE when sunk at Havana. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer BLAKE In service 1874-1905 Atlantic service Classic Gulf Stream studies, many instrument innovations Pioneered deepsea anchoring. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A view of San Pedro to the right and the highlands of Palos Verdes on the left. The Coast Survey Schooner EWING and Steamer ACTIVE are to the left of Dead Man's Island in this image, directly in front of what is now the major port area for Los Angeles. In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory. By George Davidson, 1869. P. 15. Call No. VK947.D4 1869. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"The New Steamer NISQUALLY". In: "Puget Sound and Western Washington Cities-Towns Scenery", by Robert A. Reid, Robert A. Reid Publisher, Seattle, 1912. P. 32. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"The Towing Steamer Koonya as Seen from the Nimrod in a heavy sea." In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 52. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The upper laboratory on the ALBATROSS. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate IV, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The chart-room on the ALBATROSS. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate V, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 12. Borgert net devised by Dr. Adolph Borgert of Hamburg in 1893. Having found the Hensen and Buchet nets too heavy, too complicated, and difficult to manage, and too expensive, Dr. Borgert designed this net for collecting plankton at the surface at high speed. This net was first tested from the steamer BARCELONA between Hamburg and the western Mediterranean. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 26. A Kidder, Flint and Tanner bottle after the design of the Sigsbee bottle but with several modifications. This bottle was designed by Jerome Kidder of the U. S. Fish Commission, Surgeon James M. Flint of the U. S. Navy, and Commander Zera Luther Tanner, commanding officer of the U. S. Fish Commissio n Steamer ALBATROSS and used in 1885. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 49. Tanner helical mounting devised by Commander Zera Luther Tanner, USN , commanding officer of the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS. It is very similar to other types of helical mountings in its design and operation. Tanner reported that it was relatively light but was very robust in operation. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "steamer": Bridge of a steamer ♦ paddle steamer ♦ river steamer ♦ road steamer ♦ screw steamer ♦ Stanley Steamer ♦ steamer chair ♦ steamer clam ♦ steamer duck ♦ steamer rug ♦ tramp steamer ♦ Trunk steamer ♦ turret steamer. Additional references.

Beginning with "steamer": steamer-landings, steamer-quays.

Ending with "steamer": combi-steamer, paddle-steamer.

Albanian

vapor (ship, steamboat, steamship), avullore (steamship). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قدر بخاري, ‏سفينة بخارية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съд за готвене на пара, параход (boat, puffer, ship, steamship). (various references)

Chinese 

�'�汽機 , 火轮. (various references)

Czech

parník (liner, steamboat). (various references)

Danish

dampskib (steam ship, steamship), dampkoger. (various references)

Dutch

stoomschip (steam ship, steamship), stoom-kookketel, stoomboot (steamship). (various references)

Farsi 

ماشین بخار (Engine), کشتی بخار (Steamboat, Steamship), دیگ بخارپز. (various references)

Finnish

laiva (liner, nave, ship, vessel), höyrylaiva (steamship). (various references)

French

bateau � vapeur (steam). (various references)

German

Dampfer (boat, damper, steamers, steamship). (various references)

Greek 

ατμόπλοιο (steamboat). (various references)

Hebrew 

א� ית קיטור (steamship), סיר לחץ (pressure cooker), ספי� ת קטור. (various references)

Hungarian

gõzhajó (steamboat, steamship), gõzös (steamy). (various references)

Indonesian

kapal uap. (various references)

Italian

vapore (fume, fumes, haze, steam, steamership, vapor, vapour), piroscafo (S/S, steam ship), nave a vapore (S.S., S/S, steam ship, steamship). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'�器 , �'�し鍋 (casserole dish), �'�し器 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

むしなべ (casserole dish), むしき. (various references)

Manx

gaaltan (steamship). (various references)

Pig Latin

eamerstay

Portuguese

navio a vapor (steamship). (various references)

Romanian

vapor (ship, steamship). (various references)

Russian 

пароход (steamboat, steamship). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

parobrod (steamboat, steamship), parni lonac za kuvanje. (various references)

Spanish

buque de vapor (steamboat, steamship). (various references)

Swedish

fartyg (craft, liner, ship, shipping, vessel), ångkokare, ångare (steamship). (various references)

Thai

สิ่งที่ขับเคลื่อน�"้วยไอน้ำ. (various references)

Turkish

vapur (steamboat, steamship), düdüklü tencere (pressure cooker). (various references)

Ukrainian

пароварка (bain-marie), паровий механізм, пароплав (boat, steam, steamboat, steamship). (various references)

Vietnamese 

t� u chạy bằng hơi nước n�"i đun hơi. (various references)

Welsh

agerlong (steamship). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "steamer": steamered, steamering, steamers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Steamer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Estebaero, Sataome, sceamer, sceemer, seameo, seamer, stamor, Steafel, steaner, steaze, steever, steiner, stenmark, stiener, stimer, stimerol, Stuermer, teamer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: remates, reteams.

-1 letter: ameers, aretes, armets, easter, eaters, master, maters, matres, merest, meters, metres, ramees, ramets, remate, reseat, reteam, retems, seamer, seater, stream, tamers, teaser.

-2 letters: ameer, arete, armet, aster, eater, erase, ester, mares, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, meats, meets, meres, meter, metes, metre, ramee, ramet, rates, reams, reest, remet, reset, retem, saree, satem.

+1 letter: ammeters, amreetas, cremates, emeritas, emirates, gamester, masseter, mastered, meerkats, metamers, remaster, seamster, steamers, steamier, stemware, streamed, streamer, teamster, temperas.

+2 letters: ameerates, antimeres, attempers, averments, creamiest, crewmates, diameters, dreamiest, elastomer, emeerates, emigrates, erythemas, gamesters, gasometer, heartsome, lamenters, macerates, marketers, masseters, masteries, materiels, mesentera, metameres, meterages, miscreate, misrelate, moderates, numerates, osmeteria, permeates, racemates, remarkets, remasters, rematches, restamped, salometer, seamsters, semestral, smartened, smartweed, smattered, smatterer, smeariest, stammered, stammerer, stampeder, steamered, steersman, stemwares, streambed, streamers, streamier, streamlet, tamperers, teamakers, teamsters, telegrams, telemarks, tetramers, timesaver, tradesmen, yawmeters.