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• steam car — noun A car propelled by steam • • • Main Entry: ↑steam …   Useful english dictionary

• steam open — phrasal : to unglue by the action of steam steam open the envelope * * * steam open To soften the gum of, and peel open (sealed envelopes) under exposure to steam • • • Main Entry: ↑steam * * * ˌsteam ˈopen [transitive] [ …   Useful english dictionary

• steam vessel — noun 1. : a vessel propelled by steam : steamboat, steamship, steamer 2. : a mechanically propelled vessel * * * steamˈboat, steamˈship or steam vessel noun A vessel driven by steam • • • …   Useful english dictionary

• steam whistle — noun a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler • Hypernyms: ↑whistle • Part Holonyms: ↑calliope, ↑steam organ, ↑boiler, ↑steam boiler * * * noun : a whistle in which the sound is …   Useful english dictionary

• steam gauge — noun : a pressure gauge for steam * * * steam gauge noun A pressure gauge for steam • • • Main Entry: ↑steam * * * steam gauge, an attachment to a boiler to indicate the pressure of steam. * * * n. a pressure gauge attached to a steam boiler …   Useful english dictionary

• steam coal — noun coal suitable for use under steam boilers • Hypernyms: ↑coal * * * noun : coal suitable for use under steam boilers * * * coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking. [1840 50] * * * steam coal… …   Useful english dictionary

• steam port — noun : a port for steam; especially : one for live steam * * * steam port noun An opening from the valve face to the cylinder of a steam engine for the passage of steam • • • Main Entry: ↑steam …   Useful english dictionary

• steam trap — noun : a device that automatically obstructs the passage of steam (as from a pipe) but permits the escape of condensate or entrained air * * * steam trap noun A contrivance for allowing the passage of water but not of steam • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• steam navvy — noun Britain : steam shovel * * * steam navvy or steam shovel noun An excavator driven by steam • • • Main Entry: ↑steam …   Useful english dictionary

• Steam Incorporated — Steam Incorporated, often abbreviated to Steam Inc., is a railway heritage and preservation society based in Paekakariki at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast, approximately 50 minutes north of Wellington on the west coast of New Zealand s… …   Wikipedia

• Steam injection (oil industry) — Steam injection is an increasingly common method of extracting heavy oil. It is considered an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method and is the main type of thermal stimulation of oil reservoirs. There are several different forms of the technology,… …   Wikipedia