steam whistle

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   a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler

   Broaderwhistle

   Part ofcalliopeboiler

Questions about steam whistle

What does steam whistle mean?

steam whistle means "a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler".

Is steam whistle a common word?

steam whistle 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.