steamboat

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US/ˈstimˌboʊt/UK/ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/

noun

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

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steamersteamship
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Meanings

steamboat1

nounsteamboat (countable and uncountable, plural steamboats)

plural steamboats · alternative steam-boat · alternative steam boat

  1. countableuncountableA boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

    By and by the steamboat intruded. Then for fifteen or twenty years, these men continued to run their keelboats down-stream, and the steamers did all of the upstream business, the keelboatmen selling their boats in New Orleans, and returning home as deck passengers in the steamers.

    1870, Mark Twain, chapter 3, in Life on the Mississippi

    Synonyms: steamer, steamship

  2. MalaysiaSingaporeuncountableHot pot (Chinese dish).
  3. MalaysiaSingaporecountableA metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot.
verbsteamboat (third-person singular simple present steamboats, present participle steamboating, simple past and past participle steamboated)

present singular third person steamboats · participle present steamboating · participle past steamboated · past steamboated · alternative steam-boat · alternative steam boat

  1. To travel by steamboat.

Steamboat2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Steamboat Springs: a city, the county seat of Routt County, Colorado, United States.
  2. A neighborhood of Steamboat Springs, Washoe, Nevada, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

Similar
steamersteamship
Also see
hot potsteamboat springssteamship

Origin

steamboat · noun, verb

Compound of steam + boat.

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Steamboat · proper noun

Ellipsis of Steamboat Springs.

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Translations

Arabic بَاخِرَة, سَفِينَة بُخَارِيَّة
  • بَاخِرَة (bāḵira)vessel powered by steam
  • سَفِينَة بُخَارِيَّة (safīna buḵāriyya)vessel powered by steam
Basque lurrunontzi
  • lurrunontzivessel powered by steam
Bengali স্টিমার
  • স্টিমার (sṭimar)vessel powered by steam
Bulgarian парахо́д
  • парахо́д (parahód)vessel powered by steam
Chinese Mandarin 汽船, 輪船 /轮船
  • 汽船 (qìchuán)vessel powered by steam
  • 輪船 /轮船 (lúnchuán)vessel powered by steam
Czech parník
  • parníkvessel powered by steam
Danish dampskib, damper
  • dampskibvessel powered by steam
  • dampervessel powered by steam
Dutch stoomboot
  • stoombootvessel powered by steam
Esperanto vaporŝipo
  • vaporŝipovessel powered by steam
Estonian aurik
  • aurikvessel powered by steam
Finnish höyryalus
  • höyryalusvessel powered by steam
French bateau à vapeur
  • bateau à vapeurvessel powered by steam
German Dampfschiff, Dampfer
  • Dampfschiffvessel powered by steam
  • Dampfervessel powered by steam
Greek ατμόπλοιο
  • ατμόπλοιο (atmóploio)vessel powered by steam
Hindi स्टीमर
  • स्टीमर (sṭīmar)vessel powered by steam
Hungarian gőzhajó, gőzös
  • gőzhajóvessel powered by steam
  • gőzösvessel powered by steam
Icelandic gufuskip
  • gufuskipvessel powered by steam
Indonesian kapal uap
  • kapal uapvessel powered by steam
Irish stíméar, stíomar
  • stíméarvessel powered by steam
  • stíomarvessel powered by steam
Italian nave a vapore, piroscafo
  • nave a vaporevessel powered by steam
  • piroscafovessel powered by steam
Japanese 蒸気船, 汽船
  • 蒸気船 (jōkisen)vessel powered by steam
  • 汽船 (kisen)vessel powered by steam
Korean 증기선, 기선
  • 증기선 (jeunggiseon)vessel powered by steam
  • 기선 (giseon)vessel powered by steam
Latin nāvis vapōrāria
  • nāvis vapōrāriavessel powered by steam
Latvian tvaikonis
  • tvaikonisvessel powered by steam
Lithuanian garlaivis
  • garlaivisvessel powered by steam
Norwegian Bokmål dampbåt, dampskip
  • dampbåtvessel powered by steam
  • dampskipvessel powered by steam
Polish parowiec, parostatek
  • parowiecvessel powered by steam
  • parostatekvessel powered by steam
Portuguese barco a vapor
  • barco a vaporvessel powered by steam
Romanian vapor, navă cu aburi
  • vaporvessel powered by steam
  • navă cu aburivessel powered by steam
Russian парохо́д
  • парохо́д (paroxód)vessel powered by steam
Scottish Gaelic bàta-smùide
  • bàta-smùidevessel powered by steam
Slovak parník
  • parníkvessel powered by steam
Spanish barco de vapor
  • barco de vaporvessel powered by steam
Swedish ångfartyg, ångbåt
  • ångfartygvessel powered by steam
  • ångbåtvessel powered by steam
Tagalog bapor
  • baporvessel powered by steam
Thai เรือไฟ, เรือจักรไอน้ำ
  • เรือไฟ (rʉʉa-fai)vessel powered by steam
  • เรือจักรไอน้ำvessel powered by steam
Turkish vapur, buharlı gemi
  • vapurvessel powered by steam
  • buharlı gemivessel powered by steam
Ukrainian паропла́в
  • паропла́в (paropláv)vessel powered by steam
Vietnamese thuyền hơi nước
  • thuyền hơi nướcvessel powered by steam

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with steamboat

dreamboat
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Cite this entry
APA

steamboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamboat

MLA

“steamboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamboat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steamboat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steamboat.

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