Steamer may refer to:

Transportation

Steamboat A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. The term ''steamboat'' is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels worki ...

, smaller, insular boat on lakes and rivers *

Steamship A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels. The first steamships ...

, ocean-faring ship *

Screw steamer A screw steamer or screw steamship (abbreviated "SS") 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 " ...

, steamboat or ship that uses "screws" (propellers) *

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 *

Paddle steamer A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, whereby the first uses were wh ...

, steamboat or ship with a paddlewheel *

Steam car A steam car is a car (automobile) propelled by a steam engine. A steam engine is an external combustion engine (ECE), whereas the gasoline and diesel engines that eventually became standard are internal combustion engines (ICE). ECEs have a low ...

, generic term for a car powered by a steam engine *

Stanley Steamer The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of steam cars that operated from 1902 to 1924, going defunct after it failed to adapt to competition from rapidly improving internal combustion engine vehicles. The cars made by t ...

, model of steam-powered car *

Steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, Fuel oil, oil or, rarely, Wood fuel, wood) to heat ...

, locomotive propelled by steam-operated pistons

Sports

* Steamer Flanagan (1881–1947), Major League Baseball player *

Steamer Horning Clarence Edward "Steamer" Horning (November 15, 1892January 24, 1982) was an American football player in the 1910s and 1920s. He played college football for the Colgate Raiders and was selected in 1916 as a first-team All-American at the tackl ...

(1892–1982), American football player *

Steamer Maxwell Frederick George "Steamer" Maxwell (May 19, 1890 – September 11, 1975) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player. He played rover in the days of seven-man hockey at the turn of the 20th century, spending six seasons with the Winnipeg Monarchs of ...

(1890–1975), Canadian amateur ice-hockey player *

Stan Smyl Stanley Philip Smyl (born January 28, 1958) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He was selected 40th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft and went on to play his entire NHL career with the ...

(born 1958), captain of the Vancouver Canucks, nicknamed "the Steamer"

Other uses

Steamer (milk) Cappuccino (, ; from German ) is an espresso-based coffee drink traditionally prepared with steamed milk, including a layer of milk foam. Variations of the drink involve the use of cream instead of milk, using non-dairy milk substitutes an ...

, a flavored milk drink *

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 surfing, surfers, Underwater diving, divers, windsurfers, canoeists, and others engaged in water sports and other activit ...

, covers the torso and arms and legs *

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 * ''

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 clothing, garments and textile, fabrics with the use of high temperature steam. They can for example be used to straighten w ...

Food steamer A food steamer or steam cooker is a Small appliance, small kitchen appliance used to cook or prepare various foods with steam heat by means of holding the food in a closed vessel reducing steam escape. This manner of cooking is called steaming. ...

Fastball The fastball is the most common type of pitch (baseball), pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball and softball. Its distinctive feature is its high speed. "Power pitchers," such as former major leaguers Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens, relied on the ...

, nickname for the baseball pitch *

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 *

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 speci ...

, steamer ducks

Transportation

Sports

Other uses

See also