Definitions of steamer

1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

2. A steam fire engine. See under Steam.

3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.

4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.

5. The steamer duck.

6. A vessel or vehicle moved by steam; an apparatus for steaming food, etc.

7. A vessel moved by steam: a vessel in which articles are steamed.

8. A vessel propelled by steam; vessel in which things are steamed.

9. Something moved by steam, as a steamship.

10. A vessel in which something is steamed.

11. A vessel propelled by steam; a vessel in which articles are steamed; a fire- engine worked by steam.

12. A ship propelled by steam instead of by sails; steam- boat, steam- packet, steam- ship, steam- tug, steam- vessel, ships propelled by means of steam; steam- hammer, steam- plough, steam- press, & c., implements worked by steam.