steamship

noun

steam·​ship ˈstēm-ˌship How to pronounce steamship (audio)

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Michigan Shipwreck Research Association That discovery was announced just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 feet below the surface in Lake Michigan. CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024 The expedition team's next target using the Hydrus technology is the wreck of the luxury passenger steamship SS Koombana, which disappeared somewhere off Port Hedland en route to Broome during a tropical cyclone in 1912, with 150 on board presumed to have perished. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024 Le Lyonnais was a trans-Atlantic steamship, built in England for a French company. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024 Both steamships were decommissioned in 1991, two years before the park closed. Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for steamship 

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of steamship was in 1790

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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamship. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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steamship

noun
steam·​ship ˈstēm-ˌship How to pronounce steamship (audio)
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