Thesaurus results for STEAMER

steamer

noun

as in steamship

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Recent Examples of steamer For more than 150 years, the passenger steamer Lac La Belle had been missing in the depths of Lake Michigan. —

Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 16 Feb. 2026 Use a clothes steamer to help the fibers relax. —

Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026 On sale for $25, this travel steamer is lightweight, compact, and has a quick heat-up time, plus a rotating head for easy, thorough steaming. —

Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026 Pair it with Yunhai’s handmade cypress and bamboo steamer baskets, tall enough to steam perfectly supple egg custards or giant pork buns. —

Ingu Chen, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for steamer

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Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Tom Townsend, a former Putnam County school superintendent, said his family operated steamship tours showcasing the Ocklawaha before construction of the dam.

— David Bauerlein, Florida Times-Union, 9 Feb. 2026