steam locomotive

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   a locomotive powered by a steam engine

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Questions about steam locomotive

What does steam locomotive mean?

steam locomotive means "a locomotive powered by a steam engine".

Is steam locomotive a common word?

steam locomotive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.