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steamer

[stee-mer] / ˈsti mər /
NOUN
kettle
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With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Synear Foods’ pork-and-mushroom shumai, sold at Costco and H Mart, can go straight from the freezer to the steamer and be served right in the basket.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

These are foam or gel-filled toys of various brands shaped like bao buns, and sometimes sold in plastic replicas of bamboo steamer baskets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

"William was on the sprouts, getting his sprouts ready so they could go into the steamer, and Prince George was helping with the Yorkshire puddings," said Mr Clarke.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

I look on at how carefully Hideo fries meat, chops vegetables, and sets rice in the steamer.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Portable steamers are cheap and easy to use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Pamper them with 100% natural aromatherapy shower steamers from Wenatchee that slowly fizz and release essential oils to relax and rejuvenate.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

For the past 20 years she has instead worked maintaining electrical items, such as water purifiers and clothes steamers, in people's homes.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Posters advertising the sales showed steamers merrily plying the imagined waters of the river.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

It is possible that the vessel may be lying by, at times, for fog; some of the steamers which came in last evening reported patches of fog both to north and south of the port.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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