Steamship Definition

stēmshĭp
steamships
noun
steamships
A large vessel propelled by one or more steam-driven screws, propellers, or paddles.
American Heritage
A ship driven by steam power.
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Noun

Singular:
steamship
Plural:
steamships

Origin of Steamship

Steamship Sentence Examples

  • The foreign steamship companies making it a regular port of call are the Pacific Steam Navigation Co.

  • In steamship lines the republic has almost nothing to show.

  • Honolulu is served by the Oahu railway, by electric lines to the principal suburbs, and by steamship lines to San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Manila, Salina Cruz (Mexico), Victoria, Sydney, and Chinese and Japanese ports.

  • Several large islands fill the upper bay near the eastern shore; some are used as coal deposits for the great steamship companies, and one (Flores) is used as an immigrants' depot.

  • It is the seat of a Moravian mission, and has a good harbour, with regular steamship services to Greytown in Nicaragua, and to New Orleans.

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