steam engine
noun
: an engine driven or worked by steam
specifically
: a reciprocating engine having a piston driven in a closed cylinder by steam
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Around the stage, steam engines, museums and 19th-century storefronts grounded attendees in the capital’s history as White’s quartet took them on a journey through jazz.
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Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025
The pivotal early locomotive—a travelling steam engine rather than one fixed to the ground—puffed through the Stockton and Darlington Railway’s Georgian landscape.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Up until 1985, this passage was home to steam engines that chugged along the Norfolk & Western Railway.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
The arrival of steam engines in the 19th century changed that forever.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025
The pivotal early locomotive—a travelling steam engine rather than one fixed to the ground—puffed through the Stockton and Darlington Railway’s Georgian landscape.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Up until 1985, this passage was home to steam engines that chugged along the Norfolk & Western Railway.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
The arrival of steam engines in the 19th century changed that forever.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Steam engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam%20engine. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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