steamer

Definition of steamer in English English dictionary: A dish of steamed clams; A horse whose odds are decreasing (becoming shorter) because bettors are backing it; A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, and in various processes of manufacture; A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine; A wetsuit which has long sleeves and long legs; 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
1864: of all the dishes ever brought to table, nothing equals that of the steamer — Edward Abbott, The English and Australian Cookery Book: Cookery for the Many, as Well as for the 'Upper Ten Thousand', London, 1864, in turn giving as his source Australia, by Melville (quoted in Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia's Culinary History, Colin Bannerman (and others), published by the National Library of Australia, 1998, ISBN 0-642-10693-2, page 14).; 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 cooking appliance that cooks by steaming; A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat; The steamer duck; a genus (Tachyeres) of ducks in the bird family Anatidae. All of the four species occur in South America, and all except one are flightless
Note: see Wikipedia article on Tachyeres|Tachyeres]].; Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship, Steamer), usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail. They have the right to fly the pennant of the Royal Mail when sailing; A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture; The steamer duck; an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe; See under Steam; a ship powered by one or more steam engines; a ship powered by one or more steam engines a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it; a clam that is usually steamed in the shell; A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations; a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it; 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. Category: Foods; A steam fire engine; {i} steamship; pressure cooker, special pot used to steam foods; A steamer is a special container used for steaming food such as vegetables and fish; A steamer is a ship that has an engine powered by steam; str
steamer duck: (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) A greyish South American duck which churns the water with its wings when fleeing danger. [Tachyeres brachypterus (Falkland Islands, flightless) and related species.]
steamer ducks: (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Tachyeres (Steamer Ducks) is a genus of ducks in the bird family Anatidae. All of the four species occur in South America, and all except T. patachonicus are flightless; even this one species capable of flight rarely takes to the air
steamer rug: A warm blanket used especially by shipboard passengers while sitting in deck chairs
steamer trunk: A small trunk originally designed to fit under the bunk of a steamship cabin
stanley steamer: a steam-powered automobile
Cleveland steamer: A sexual act involving defecating on someone's chest then sitting in it and rolling back and forth like a steam roller
excursion steamer: A steamboat used to take people on coastal, lake or river pleasure-trips
paddle steamer: A steam-powered vessel propelled by one or two paddle wheels
tramp steamer: a commercial steamship that has no regular schedule or published ports of call
paddle steamer: a large old-fashioned boat that moves by using steam to drive a large wheel attached to the side
paddle steamer: a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels
screw steamer: {i} steamship purshed forward by a screw
steamers: plural of steamer
tramp steamer: a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
tramp steamer: A commercial vessel that has no regular schedule but takes on and discharges cargo whenever hired to do so
trunk steamer: A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, but not of whaleback form at the sides
turret steamer: A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft