Preposition: of

• ton: Steamers of 800 tons, or more, could be unloaded in less time than vessels of 200 tons with the old lift.

Converse of object

• moor: A view showing the paddle steamer moored off Omdurman.

• bind: Blake learns that the villain and his captive have left on a steamer bound for America.

• build: Darlington A sturdy iron hull steamer built in 1881.

Adjective modifier

• sea-going: Image by John Cuckney The last sea-going paddle steamer in the world sailing round the coasts of the United Kingdom... .

• ocean-going: The town is also a regular port for the Waverley, the last ocean-going steamer in the world.

• coal-fired: At the yard Thomas took over two coal-fired pleasure steamers from a Mr. Gilbert.

• coastal: During the holiday, travel between locations is by coastal steamer, through mostly sheltered coastal waters.

• wooden: In more recent times a wooden hulled steamer brought in coal once a year up to around 1930.

• German: The fish, packed in barrels, would be rolled straight on to German steamers for export, thus solving the transport problem.

Modifies a noun

• pier: Access to the water can either be through Balloch Park or via the road to the Maid of the Loch paddle steamer pier.

• basket: Place Brussels sprouts in a steamer basket over boiling water.

• fleet: Moreover, by the 1960's the excursion steamer fleet was getting elderly.

• duck: Here, we'll also hope to observe oyster catchers, geese and the endemic steamer duck along the rocky shores.

Noun used with modifier

• paddle: Isle of Capri, a paddle steamer gambling den moored on the river, is a fake with slot machines inside.

• tramp: Behind them a black beetle of a tramp steamer pursues a wavering course across an otherwise empty sea.

• cross-channel: On April 18th, the cross-Channel steamer ' Sussex ' was torpedoed without warning.

• screw: The British India Steam Navigation Company's screw steamer Comorin, on her voyage home from India via the Suez Canal, 1871.

• excursion: Moreover, by the 1960's the excursion steamer fleet was getting elderly.

• bamboo: Transfer the chicken from the liquor and place in a shallow heat-proof bowl that will fit inside a bamboo steamer.