steamboat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˈstimˌboʊt/ (US)
Etymology
Compound of steam + boat.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
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.
1870, Mark Twain, chapter 3, in Life on the Mississippi:
- (Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable) Hot pot (Chinese dish).
- (Malaysia, Singapore, countable) A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| steamboats | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| steam-boat | alternative | lexicographic | |
| steam boat | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Steamboat Springs · steamboats · steamboater · steamboatman
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (80)
umg lirrinhpinha (vessel powered by steam) · mk параброд (vessel powered by steam) · unm stèmpòt (vessel powered by steam) · ar سَفِينَة بُخَارِيَّة (vessel powered by steam) · es barco de vapor (vessel powered by steam) · sv ångbåt (vessel powered by steam) · ug پاراخوت (vessel powered by steam) · eo vaporŝipo (vessel powered by steam) · pl parostatek (vessel powered by steam) · ja 汽船 (vessel powered by steam) · vi thuyền hơi nước (vessel powered by steam) · sh па̏робро̄д (vessel powered by steam) · ko 기선 (vessel powered by steam) · tr buharlı gemi (vessel powered by steam) · lt garlaivis (vessel powered by steam) · nb dampskip (vessel powered by steam) · mk параход (vessel powered by steam) · th เรือจักรไอน้ำ (vessel powered by steam) · bn স্টিমার (vessel powered by steam) · cv пӑрахут (vessel powered by steam) · cs parník (vessel powered by steam) · ka პარახოდი (vessel powered by steam) · hu gőzhajó (vessel powered by steam) · fi höyryalus (vessel powered by steam) · id kapal uap (vessel powered by steam) · bg парахо́д (vessel powered by steam) · fa-ira کَشْتیِ بُخار (vessel powered by steam) · sk parník (vessel powered by steam) · it piroscafo (vessel powered by steam) · sh pȁrobrōd (vessel powered by steam) · is gufuskip (vessel powered by steam) · hy շոգենավ (vessel powered by steam) · it nave a vapore (vessel powered by steam) · gd bàta-smùide (vessel powered by steam) · nds Damper (vessel powered by steam) · tr vapur (vessel powered by steam) · sv ångfartyg (vessel powered by steam) · de Dampfschiff (vessel powered by steam) · uz paroxod (vessel powered by steam) · ar بَاخِرَة (vessel powered by steam) · hi स्टीमर (vessel powered by steam) · sq vapor (vessel powered by steam) · cmn 輪船 /轮船 (vessel powered by steam) · ga stíomar (vessel powered by steam) · eu lurrunontzi (vessel powered by steam) · tk parohod (vessel powered by steam) · nb dampbåt (vessel powered by steam) · lv tvaikonis (vessel powered by steam) · nn dampskip (vessel powered by steam) · io vapornavo (vessel powered by steam) · da dampskib (vessel powered by steam) · ko 증기선 (vessel powered by steam) · nl stoomboot (vessel powered by steam) · la nāvis vapōrāria (vessel powered by steam) · et aurik (vessel powered by steam) · pl parowiec (vessel powered by steam) · az paroxod (vessel powered by steam) · de Dampfer (vessel powered by steam) · izh parahoda (vessel powered by steam) · ro navă cu aburi (vessel powered by steam) · be парахо́д (vessel powered by steam) · th เรือไฟ (vessel powered by steam) · ro vapor (vessel powered by steam) · fa-ira واپور (vessel powered by steam) · cmn 汽船 (vessel powered by steam) · fr bateau à vapeur (vessel powered by steam) · nn dampbåt (vessel powered by steam) · da damper (vessel powered by steam) · sl parnik (vessel powered by steam) · hu gőzös (vessel powered by steam) · ru парохо́д (vessel powered by steam) · uk паропла́в (vessel powered by steam) · ga stíméar (vessel powered by steam) · az buxar gəmisi (vessel powered by steam) · kk пароход (vessel powered by steam) · ja 蒸気船 (vessel powered by steam) · tl bapor (vessel powered by steam) · pt barco a vapor (vessel powered by steam) · ky пароход (vessel powered by steam) · el ατμόπλοιο (vessel powered by steam)