Used in a Sentence

steamship

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for steamship.

Editorial note

The port terminals take security very seriously, but some of the steamship lines' offices are a bit lax.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of steamship gathered in one view.

noun

A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for steamship.

noun

A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.

Example sentences

1

The port terminals take security very seriously, but some of the steamship lines' offices are a bit lax.

2

If you get a chance, the steamship Mather is docked near the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.

3

The only technology they didn't foresee was the steamship, but there was no way to foresee that in the 1750's.

4

So in 2009 all the major steamship lines lost upwards of a billion dollars each.

5

The world wide web began to take shape, Yahoo awoke, and the old steamship rolled into port for the last time.

6

In Ireland Britain used its Royal Navy to deliver regular relief supplies then deployed every available steamship in Ireland to deliver aid.

7

And extended: the Donau steamship cruise organization's captain's cap button's colour factory's entry gate.

8

I used to work at a steamship line, a competitor to MSC, at a US port office.

9

It's easier (I would argue/guess) to understand a sentence talking about what the captain of the Danube steamship company did than a sentence about what the Danube steamship company captain did.

10

I do know that his first job was shoveling coal in a steamship, which is a filthy, rotten job.

11

Copper oxide pigment emerged toward the end of the age of sail / beginning of the steamship era as a more practical alternative.

12

Think about a steamship, what material that is fireproof and doesn't rot do you think they used for insulating boilers and steam pipes?

Quote examples

1

Actually, the "Americanized" names were mostly picked by the crew on board the steamship line (Cunard, White Star, Holland America, etc).

2

These aren't very convincing arguments; why don't aircraft factories of the 1930s or the ocean-going steamship dockyards of the 1830s count under "massive upfront investment and large and complex" and therefore predict progress stopping ages ago?

3

Just like in English you can create arbitrarily long sentences like: "I live in a house which was built by the builders which were hired by the owner who came from England on a steamship which was built...".

4

We have "gesundheitszeugnis" (health certificate) and "bärenstark" (strong as a bear), and of course "[der] Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän" ([the] Danube Steamship Navigation Company Captain) and "[Das] Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" ([the] cattle marking and beef labeling supervision duties delegation law).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use steamship in a sentence?

The port terminals take security very seriously, but some of the steamship lines' offices are a bit lax.

What does steamship mean?

A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.

What part of speech is steamship?

steamship is commonly used as noun.