Steamboat

Word STEAMBOAT
Character 9
Hyphenation steam boat
Pronunciations /ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/

Definitions and meanings of "Steamboat"

What do we mean by steamboat?

A steamship, especially one used on rivers and other inland waterways. noun

A vessel propelled by steam-power. noun

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers. noun

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power. noun

A boat propelled by a steam engine noun

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

Hot pot (Chinese dish).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Steamboat

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The word "steamboat" in example sentences

The term steamboat is usually used to refer to smaller steam-powered boats working on lakes and rivers, particularly riverboats; steamship generally refers to larger steam-powered ships, usually ocean-going, capable of carrying a (ship's) boat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He is on white man's fire-boat, what you call steamboat, only he is on boat maybe twenty times bigger than steamboat on Yukon. ❋ Jack London (1896)

The steamboat is claimed as the “exclusive” discovery of Fulton, Jouffroy, Rumsey, Stevens and Symmington. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Silverheaded; but, to my great relief, it turned out that the steamboat is not running. ❋ Unknown (1883)

White aw black aw octoroom free niggeh, Phyllis gwine to choose de old Hayle home and de great riveh -- full o 'steamboat' -- sooneh'n any lan 'whah de ain't mo'n one 'oman to de mile. ❋ George Washington Cable (1884)

Now the steamboat is a paddlewheel-sporting boutique hotel permanently moored at Coolidge Park Landing in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. ❋ Unknown (2012)

This steamboat, which is called the Burlington, is a perfectly exquisite achievement of neatness, elegance, and order. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If the river was, as T. S. Eliot later wrote, “a strong brown god,” the steamboat was the godhead. ❋ Ron Powers (2005)

The steamboat was the first man-made apparatus to radically interrupt the arcadian wilderness, collapse vast distance, and discharge the artifacts of distant cultures into remote places. ❋ Ron Powers (2005)

There, on the deck of the steamboat were the old Bohemian and the woman. ❋ Unknown (2003)

An individual who gets a salary for believing that everybody on the steamboat is a smuggler. ❋ Noah [pseud.] Lott (N/A)

"All aboard!" called the steamboat men as the Bobbseys settled themselves in comfort, their goods having been put in place. ❋ Laura Lee Hope (N/A)

The steamboat was a mighty factor in the settlement growth and development of Minnesota. ❋ Various (N/A)

But even more important to the commercial prosperity of the West than the introduction of the steamboat was the spread of cotton culture into the Southern States west of the Appalachian highland. ❋ Thurman William Van Metre (1922)

The "skiff," as they whimsically termed the steamboat's great, clumsy tender -- its official name of ❋ Hulbert Footner (1911)

A few minutes served to satisfy these men that the steamboat was a success, and that the problem of steam-navigation had been solved in its favor. ❋ Unknown (1906)

The watering-place village and hotel is not in sight from the landing, but, as at Murray Bay, the sojourners thronged the pier, as if the arrival of the steamboat were the great event of their day. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

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