Steamboat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈstimˌboʊt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Steamboat is a noun meaning A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
Meaning
A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, Singapore, Malaysia) Hot pot (Chinese dish).
- (countable, Singapore, Malaysia) A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot.
- To travel by steamboat.
Example Sentences
By and by the steamboat intruded. Then for fifteen or twenty years, these men continued to run their keelboats down-stream, and the steamers did all of the upstream business, the keelboatmen selling their boats in New Orleans, and returning home as deck passengers in the steamers.
Word Forms
- steamboats
- steam-boat
- steam boat
- steamboating
- steamboated
Synonyms for steamboat
Depending on context, synonyms include steamer, steamship.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include steamship, steamer, steam, vapor, vapour, vapours.
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