Steamer

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːmÉ™(r)

Origin

From steam + -er.

Full definition of steamer

Noun

1. (cookware) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
2. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, and in various processes of manufacture.
3. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
4. A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
5. A wetsuit which has long sleeves and long legs.
6. A dish of steamed clams.
7. Any species of the duck genus Tachyeres, of which all four species occur in South America, and three are flightless.
8. (Australia, food, obsolete) 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.
• a. 1864 “Melville”, Australia, quoted in 1864, Edward Abbott, The English and Australian Cookery Book: Cookery for the Many, as Well as for the ‘Upper Ten Thousand’, London, in turn quoted in 1998, Colin Bannerman, et al., Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia′s Culinary History, National Library of Australia (publisher), ISBN 0-642-10693-2, page 14,Of all the dishes ever brought to table, nothing equals that of the steamer.
9. (obsolete) 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).
10. (horse racing) A horse whose odds are decreasing (becoming shorter) because bettors are backing it.
11. Abbreviation of steamer trunk

Derived terms

• Cleveland steamer
• steamer chair

Anagrams

• reteams, streame, teamers