steamship

noun
/ˈstimˌʃɪp/US

Etymology

From steam + ship.

  1. derived from *skēyb-
  2. inherited from *skipą
  3. inherited from *skip
  4. inherited from sċip
  5. inherited from ship
  6. compounded as steamship — “steam + ship

Definitions

  1. A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.

    • Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset by weather and tide.
    • The shipwreck is the earliest examples yet found of a propeller-driven steamship on the Great Lakes.
    • India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA