steamer

1. 1.

   a clam that is usually steamed in the shell

   Synonymssoft-shell clamsteamer clamlong-neck clam

   Broaderclam

   Part ofsoft-shell clam
2. 2.

   a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it

   Broadercooking utensil
3. 3.

   a ship powered by one or more steam engines

   Synonymssteamship

   Broadership

   Narrowerpaddle steamertramp steamer

   Partssteam engine
4. 4.

   an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe

   Synonymssoft-shell clamsteamer clamlong-neck clamMya arenaria

   Broaderclam

   Part ofMya

   Partssoft-shell clam

1. 1.

   travel by means of steam power

   “The ship steamed off into the Pacific”

   Synonymssteam

   Broadertravel

   navigation

Other forms of steamer

plural

steamers·

past tense

steamerred·

present participle

steamerring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about steamer

What does steamer mean?

steamer means "a clam that is usually steamed in the shell". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in steamer?

steamer has 2 syllables: stea-mer. The stress falls on "stea". In IPA it is /ˈstimɚ/.

What is another word for steamer?

Close synonyms include soft-shell clam, steamer clam, long-neck clam, steamship, soft-shell clam. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is steamer a common word?

steamer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.