steamboat
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steamboat¹
- /ˈstimˌboʊt/ US
- /ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/ UK
Rhymes with -iːmbəʊt
Where it comes from
Compound of steam + boat.
noun steamboats · steam-boat · steam boat
- 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.
- Hot pot (Chinese dish).
- A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot.
verb steamboats · steamboating · steamboated · steam-boat · steam boat
- To travel by steamboat.
Steamboat²
Where it comes from
Ellipsis of Steamboat Springs.
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Steamboat Springs: a city, the county seat of Routt County, Colorado, United States.
- A neighborhood of Steamboat Springs, Washoe, Nevada, United States.
- A census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: steamship, steamer, steam, vapor, vapour, vapours, paddleboat, riverboat, paddlewheeler, sternwheeler, sidewheeler, steam packet, packet boat, towboat, tugboat, steam yacht
Translations
Every language
noun vessel powered by steam
| Español | barco de vapor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 증기선 jeunggiseon, 기선 giseon |
| 日本語 | 蒸気船 jōkisen, 汽船 kisen |
| 中文 | 汽船 qìchuán, 輪船 /轮船 lúnchuán |
| हिन्दी | स्टीमर sṭīmar |
| Português | barco a vapor |
| Français | bateau à vapeur |
| Deutsch | Dampfschiff, Dampfer |
| Italiano | nave a vapore, piroscafo |
| Ελληνικά | ατμόπλοιο atmóploio |
| Română | vapor, navă cu aburi |
| Русский | парохо́д paroxód |
| Tiếng Việt | thuyền hơi nước |
| العربية | بَاخِرَة bāḵira, سَفِينَة بُخَارِيَّة safīna buḵāriyya |
Talk about this word "steamboat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/steamboat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. steamboat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/steamboat "steamboat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/steamboat.Cite this
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title = {steamboat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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