Steamer may refer to:
Transportation
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Steamboat, smaller, insular boat on lakes and rivers
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Steamship, ocean-faring ship
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Screw steamer
A screw steamer or screw steamship is an old term for a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine, using one or more propellers (also known as ''screws'') to propel it through the water. Such a ship was also known as an "iron screw steam shi ...
, steamboat or ship that uses "screws" (propellers)
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Steam yacht
A steam yacht is a class of luxury or commercial yacht with primary or secondary steam propulsion in addition to the sails usually carried by yachts.
Origin of the name
The English steamboat entrepreneur George Dodd (1783–1827) used the term ...
, luxury or commercial yacht
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Paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses we ...
, steamboat or ship with a paddlewheel
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Steam car
A steam car is a car (automobile) propelled by a steam engine. A steam engine is an external combustion engine (ECE) in which the fuel is combusted outside of the engine, unlike an internal combustion engine (ICE) in which fuel is combusted ins ...
, generic term for a car powered by a steam engine
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Stanley Steamer
The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of steam cars; it operated from 1902 to 1924. The cars made by the company were colloquially called Stanley Steamers, although several different models were produced.
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, model of steam-powered car
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Steam locomotive, locomotive propelled by steam-operated pistons
Sports
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Steamer Flanagan
James Paul Flanagan (April 20, 1881 – April 21, 1947) was a Major League Baseball center fielder. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates just at the end of the 1905 season (September 25-October 7). The 24-year-old rookie, who stood and weighed ...
(1881–1947), Major League Baseball player
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Steamer Horning (1892–1982), American football player
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Steamer Maxwell (1890–1975), Canadian amateur ice-hockey player
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Stan Smyl
Stan or STAN may refer to:
People
* Stan (given name), a list of people with the given name
** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy
* Stan (surname), a Romanian surname
* Stan! (born 1964), American author ...
(born 1958), captain of the Vancouver Canucks, nicknamed "the Steamer"
Other uses
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Steamer (appliance), an appliance that aids in steaming food
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Steamer (milk), a flavored milk drink
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Steamer (wetsuit)
A wetsuit is a garment worn to provide thermal protection while wet. It is usually made of foamed neoprene, and is worn by surfers, divers, windsurfers, canoeists, and others engaged in water sports and other activities in or on water. It ...
, covers the torso and arms and legs
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Steamer trunk
A trunk, also known as a travel trunk, is a large cuboid container designed to hold clothes and other personal belongings. They are most commonly used for extended periods away from home, such as for boarding school, or long trips abroad. Trunks ...
, a type of luggage
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The Steamer
''The Steamer'' is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz, recorded in 1956 and first released on the Verve label.Clothes steamer
A clothes steamer, also called a garment steamer or simply a steamer, is a device used for quickly removing wrinkles from garments and fabrics with the use of high temperature steam.
Sizes
There are three basic sizes of clothes steamers: comme ...
, a device for removing wrinkles from garments
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Fastball
The fastball is the most common type of pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball and softball. " Power pitchers," such as former American major leaguers Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens, rely on speed to prevent the ball from being hit, and have thr ...
, nickname for the baseball pitch
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Soft-shell clam
Soft-shell clams (American English) or sand gaper (British English/Europe), scientific name ''Mya arenaria'', popularly called "steamers", "softshells", "piss clams", "Ipswich clams", or "Essex clams" are a species of edible saltwater clam, a ...
, nickname for soft-shell clams
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Tachyeres
The steamer ducks are a genus (''Tachyeres'') of ducks in the family Anatidae. All of the four species occur at the southern cone of South America in Chile and Argentina, and all except the flying steamer duck are flightless; even this one spec ...
, steamer ducks
See also
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Steam (disambiguation)
Steam is vaporized water.
Steam or STEAM may also refer to:
Science and technology
* Steam (service), a software distribution platform by Valve
* Steam engine, a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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