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steam

noun verb

water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
M
Contains
TE
Scrabble score
7
CEFR level
B1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

stiːm

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

verb

  1. cook something by letting steam pass over it

    “just steam the vegetables”

verb

  1. clean by means of steaming

    “steam-clean the upholstered sofa”

verb

  1. get very agitated or angry

    “her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man”

verb

  1. travel by means of steam power

    “The ship steamed off into the Pacific”

verb

  1. rise as vapor

verb

  1. emit steam

    “The rain forest was literally steaming”

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Example Sentences

just steam the vegetables
steam-clean the upholstered sofa
her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man
The ship steamed off into the Pacific
The rain forest was literally steaming

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