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steam•er



Pronunciation: (stē'mur), [key]
n.
1. something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
2. a person or thing that steams.
3. a device, pot, or container in which something is steamed.
4. See soft-shell clam.

v.i.
to travel by steamship.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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