steamboat
pronunciation
How to pronounce steamboat in British English:
UK [ˈsti:mbəʊt]
How to pronounce steamboat in American English:
US [ˈstimboʊt]
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- Noun:
- a boat propelled by a steam engine
Word Origin
- steamboat (n.)
- 1787, from steam + boat (n.).
Example
- 1. And when american pioneers master the waters of the mississippi basin with a radical invention , the steamboat , a new era opens .
- 2. Eight years earlier , the general slocum , a steamboat on a charter run to a church picnic , exploded and sank in the east river . More than 1000 people died .
- 3. That round included an investment by disney venture arm steamboat ventures .
- 4. Look , there is a steamboat model over there .
- 5. The first steamboat to reach the city , in 1812 , was appropriately called the new orleans .