OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27974

steamer

/ˈstiːmə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
olla vaporera • vaporera
A device or object that works by the operation of steam.
barco de vapor
A mode of transportation propelled by steam.
Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended a…
Her gunboat fleet alone is composed of one hundred and sixty-one small steamers, of the efficiency of which for war purports naval critics have formed a high estimate.
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