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Meaning of steamer

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  steamer
      n 1: a clam that is usually steamed in the shell [syn: {soft-
           shell clam}, {steamer}, {steamer clam}, {long-neck clam}]
      2: a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming
         it
      3: a ship powered by one or more steam engines [syn: {steamer},
         {steamship}]
      4: an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal
         regions of the United States and Europe [syn: {soft-shell
         clam}, {steamer}, {steamer clam}, {long-neck clam}, {Mya
         arenaria}]
      v 1: travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into
           the Pacific" [syn: {steamer}, {steam}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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