steamship

noun

steam·​ship ˈstēm-ˌship 

: steamer sense 2a

Examples of steamship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before the 19th century, when the steamship and the railroad greatly expanded the capacity for long-distance transit, little attention was paid to tracking time zones on the wrist. —Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024

Several people escaped in the lifeboat and another steamship, the City of New York, responded to the distress call and worked with the Hickox to keep the Milwaukee afloat to no avail. —Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024

But with the advent of steamships, by the 1880s intensive emigration had spread from every corner of the globe. —TIME, 18 Mar. 2024

Within a decade, the clippers had been largely eclipsed by steamships in global trade. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024

Restarting from scratch, however, many Missouri wineries settled into a niche of producing cheap, sweet wines, as most Americans who could afford to bought European wine, which was increasingly easy and affordable to import by steamship. —Alex Mayyasi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023

Image To many, landline phones have come to seem as essential as steamships and telegrams in the smartphone era. —Michael Levenson, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024

Traveling via train and steamship, the Crafts reached the free state of Pennsylvania on Christmas Day, after several close calls. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023

Before settling there, his father traveled to the likes of India and Africa with the Army Corps of Engineers, and Buffett's grandfather was a captain on a steamship. —Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing steamship

• steamship round

Kids Definition

steamship

noun

steam·​ship ˈstēm-ˌship 

: steamer sense 2a