Meaning & use
steamship
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A ship powered by a steam engine.
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The steamship crossed the Atlantic in just over a week, remarkable for its time.
Old photographs show the harbor crowded with steamships in the early 1900s.
A note on using this word
Steamships were largely replaced by diesel- and turbine-powered vessels during the 20th century, so the word now often evokes an earlier era of travel.
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