steamfitter

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noun (1)

steam·​fit·​ter ˈstēm-ˌfi-tər 

: one that installs or repairs equipment (such as steam pipes) for heating, ventilating, or refrigerating systems

steam fitting noun

steam fitting

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noun (2)

: the work or occupation of a steam fitter

Examples of steamfitter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Although many of McGonigle’s friends went on to Penn State and other universities around the area, some went straight into the trades and got union jobs as steamfitters or carpenters. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Ashleigh Stovall's husband Mikey was a steamfitter. — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026

Knowing Nelson will have to sneak the toxin through the pipes or HVAC, Red volunteers to reach out to the plumbers and steamfitter's union. — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 May 2023

Her mother, Catherine (Jones) McGuiness, taught elementary school, and her father, Edward, was a steamfitter. — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022

White, a former steamfitter who went on to make millions of dollars as the owner of an HVAC company, has already dropped $4 million of his own money into the race, according to a campaign official. — Teny Sahakian, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2022

O’Donnell grew up in Danbury and turned his natural mechanical skills into a career as a union steamfitter, impressing his colleagues, families and friends with his confidence and charisma, according to his obituary. — Zach Murdock, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2020

Vernon Hamilton Walker, son of Robert Hamilton Walker, a steamfitter, and his wife, Doris Wagner Walker Clements, a bookkeeper, was born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville. — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 28 Sep. 2020

His neighbors included a bus driver, a police officer and a steamfitter. — Joseph Barbato, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1864, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for steamfitter

• embitter
• emitter
• obiter
• outfitter
• remitter
• submitter
• transmitter
• babysitter
• bitter
• critter
• fitter
• fritter