A Quick and Simple Dictionary

steamer

1. Noun.  (cookware) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
2. Noun.  A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, and in various processes of manufacture.
3. Noun.  A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
4. Noun.  A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
5. Noun.  A wetsuit which has long sleeves and long legs.
6. Noun.  A dish of steamed clams.
7. Noun.  The '''steamer''' duck; a genus (qualifier, Tachyeres) of ducks in the bird family ''Anatidae''. All of the four species occur in South America, and all except one are flightless.
8. Noun.  (Australia) (obsolete) A food made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot, with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices. Popular circa 1850 but apparently no longer so by the 1900s.
9. Noun.  (obsolete) A steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels (Webster 1913).
10. Noun.  (horse racing) A horse whose odds are decreasing (becoming shorter) because bettors are backing it.