steamship

noun

steam·​ship ˈstēm-ˌship How to pronounce steamship (audio)

Examples of steamship in a Sentence

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In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan. CBS News, 16 May 2025 On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent. Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025 The breakthrough came soon after, with a roving assignment aboard the Quaker City, a steamship bound for Palestine. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 The Carpathia, the steamship that raced to the site of the disaster, picked up just over 700 survivors from the Titanic’s too-few and too sparsely filled lifeboats. Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steamship

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of steamship was in 1790

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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamship. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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steamship

noun
steam·​ship ˈstēm-ˌship How to pronounce steamship (audio)
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