steamboat C2 Topic:Transportation Also spelled steam-boat US /ˈstimˌboʊt/ UK /ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/ See IPA manual Freq #34011 Meanings 1 noun A 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. 2 noun a boat propelled by a steam engine 3 noun Hot pot (Chinese dish). 4 noun A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a boat or vessel propelled... steamersteamship Word family Derived forms steamboatersteamboatmansteamboats Etymology Ellipsis of Steamboat Springs. Topics Transportation External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # steamboat **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstimˌboʊt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/ **Frequency rank:** 34011 ## Meanings 1. A boat or vessel propelled by steam power. 2. a boat propelled by a steam engine 3. Hot pot (Chinese dish). 4. A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot. ## Examples - 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. ## Derived Forms - steamboater - steamboatman - steamboats ## Etymology Ellipsis of Steamboat Springs. ## Topics - Transportation markdown