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steamer

noun

Definition of steamer

as in steamship

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Recent Examples of steamer Its knit fabric never requires an iron or steamer, and it’s held up through countless washes without pilling despite my lackadaisical approach to laundry. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 In 1887, the Lucinda Van Valkenburg was struck by a steamer and sank, though for a while the masts remained standing high out of the water and were an obstruction to other ships. — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 10 Aug. 2026 Infused with menthol and essential oils, each steamer releases a refreshing scent for 10 to 15 minutes and is individually wrapped for easy storage or travel. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for steamer

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Noun

Passenger boats have not passed through these parts since the days of the steamship petered all the way out some 60 years ago.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
The paperboard card could be used to buy airline, steamship and cruise tickets, but the balance had to be paid in full each month.

— USA Today, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamship

Noun

The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
That is especially true for remote communities that must have their fuel flown in or delivered by barge before the rivers ice over.

— Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of barge

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New orders secured The company has reportedly attracted over 100 orders for the new freighter even as flight testing gets underway.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
However, the average vessel isn't exactly sailing around the world for years on end like a commercial freighter.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of freighter

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Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut the square into 9 vertical strips, so that each strip has a portion of the bare border.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
The 1970s marked a reinvigoration in quilting culture, with the introduction of specialty rulers and rotary cutters for use with modern patterns.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of cutter

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From there, the brief was classic French-girl glam, which included a smudge of the New Smoky eye palette and brown Stylo Yeux liner on Rubin’s upper and lower lash line.

— Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
Rodriguez suggests the Sephora Collection 12 Hour Colorful Contour Pencil Eyeliner in Aloha for a pencil option, and Colourpop BFF Liquid Liner in Try Me for a felt-tip liquid liner pick.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of liner

Noun

But the time required for the largest tankers to rest outside the strait waiting for crude deliveries from smaller vessels has effectively created a tanker shortage.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
London — Oil prices climbed Thursday on continued worries about global supply following a record number of tanker attacks that sent crossings through the Strait of Hormuz to a two-month low.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of tanker

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