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7-letter words (4 found)

REMATES,RETEAMS,STEAMER,TEAMERS,

6-letter words (32 found)

AMEERS,ARETES,ARMETS,EASTER,EATERS,MASTER,MATERS,MATRES,MEARES,MEREST,MESETA,MESTER,METERS,METRES,RAMEES,RAMETS,REAMES,REATES,REMATE,RESEAT,RESTEM,RETEAM,RETEMS,SAETER,SEAMER,SEATER,STEARE,STREAM,TAMERS,TEAMER,TEASER,TREMAS,

5-letter words (72 found)

AMEER,ARETE,ARETS,ARMET,ASTER,EARST,EASER,EATER,ERASE,ESTER,MARES,MARSE,MARTS,MASER,MATER,MATES,MEARE,MEASE,MEATS,MEERS,MEETS,MERES,MERSE,METER,METES,METRE,RAMEE,RAMET,RATES,REAME,REAMS,REAST,REATE,REEST,REMET,RESAT,RESET,RETEM,SAREE,SATEM,SEAME,SEARE,SETAE,SMART,SMEAR,STARE,STEAM,STEAR,STEEM,STEER,STEME,STERE,STRAE,TAMER,TAMES,TARES,TASER,TEAMS,TEARS,TEASE,TEEMS,TEERS,TEMES,TEMSE,TERAS,TERES,TERMS,TERSE,TRAMS,TREES,TREMA,TREMS,

4-letter words (79 found)

AMES,ARES,ARET,ARMS,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EARS,EASE,EAST,EATS,EMES,ERAS,ERES,ERST,ETAS,MAES,MARE,MARS,MART,MASE,MAST,MATE,MATS,MEAT,MEER,MEES,MEET,MERE,MESA,MESE,META,METE,METS,RAMS,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,REAM,REES,REMS,REST,RETE,RETS,SAME,SATE,SEAM,SEAR,SEAT,SEEM,SEER,SEME,SERA,SERE,SETA,SMEE,STAR,STEM,TAES,TAME,TAMS,TARE,TARS,TASE,TEAM,TEAR,TEAS,TEEM,TEER,TEES,TEME,TEMS,TERM,TRAM,TREE,TREM,TRES,TSAR,

3-letter words (48 found)

AME,ARE,ARM,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,EAR,EAS,EAT,EME,EMS,ERA,ERE,ERM,ERS,EST,ETA,MAE,MAR,MAS,MAT,MEE,MES,MET,RAM,RAS,RAT,REE,REM,RES,RET,SAE,SAM,SAR,SAT,SEA,SEE,SER,SET,SMA,TAE,TAM,TAR,TAS,TEA,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AM,AR,AS,AT,EA,EE,EM,ER,ES,ET,MA,ME,RE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 253 words from steamer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of steamer

steamer

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstiːmə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstimɚ/
  • Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: steam‧er

Etymology 1

From steam +‎ -er. The steamer duck or steamer (sense 6.2) is apparently named for its resemblance to a paddle steamer when swimming rapidly.

Noun

steamer (plural steamers)

  1. A device or object that works by the operation of steam.
    1. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture.
    2. (cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
    3. (obsolete) A steam fire engine, that is, a steam boiler and engine driving a pump, which are all mounted on wheels.
  2. A mode of transportation propelled by steam.
    1. (rail transport) A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
    2. (nautical) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship.
      • 1859 January 6, “English and Amer[i]can navies”, in The Olney Times (reprinted from the New York Herald), volume 3, number 27 (number 130 overall), Olney, Ill.: William F. Beck, →OCLC, page 1, column 6:
        Her gunboat fleet alone is composed of one hundred and sixty-one small steamers, of the efficiency of which for war purports naval critics have formed a high estimate.
  3. Clipping of steamer trunk.
  4. A babycino (frothy milk drink).
  5. A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
  6. The name of various animals.
    1. (Maine) The soft-shell clam, sand gaper, or long-neck clam (Mya arenaria), an edible saltwater clam; specifically the clam when steamed for eating.
    2. A steamer duck: any of the four species of the duck genus Tachyeres which are all found in South America, three of which are flightless.
  7. (horse racing) A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it.
  8. (British, slang) An act of fellatio.
  9. (British, crime, slang) A member of a youth gang who engages in steaming (robbing and escaping in a large group).
  10. (British, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.
  11. (Australia, obsolete) A dish made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices; specifically such a dish made with kangaroo meat. [c. 1850 – 1900s.]
  12. (chiefly in the plural, Rhode Island) A steamed clam.
  13. (Memphis, slang) A stolen vehicle.
Synonyms
  • (drinking session): bender, binge, carouse, piss-up
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

steamer (third-person singular simple present steamers, present participle steamering, simple past and past participle steamered)

  1. (intransitive) To travel by steamer.

Etymology 2

From steam tug, rhyming slang for mug (“a gullible or easily cheated person; a stupid or contemptible person”).

Noun

steamer (plural steamers)

  1. (British, slang) A mug.
    1. A gullible or easily cheated person.
    2. A stupid or contemptible person.
  2. (British, slang) A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
  3. (British, slang) A prostitute's client.
  4. (US, slang) a gambler who increases a wager after losing.
Synonyms
  • (homosexual man): see Thesaurus:male homosexual
  • (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

References

  • “steamer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • Eric Partridge (2007) “steamer”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 618.

Further reading

  • steamer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • steamer (appliance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • steamer (milk) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • steamer duck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Maestre, Mateers, Teamers, measter, merates, remates, retames, reteams, streame, teamers, tearmes

French

Pronunciation

Noun

steamer m (plural steamers)

  1. (nautical) steamer, steamboat

Further reading

  • “steamer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English steamer.

Noun

steamer n (plural steamere)

  1. steamer, steamship

Declension

References

  • steamer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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