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by steam

by steam prepositional phrase: via a steam-powered boat or ship.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Via a steam-powered boat or ship.
    • The Nineteenth Century innovated navigation by steam.
  2. Via a steam train.
    • This line once took passengers by steam to the frontier.
    • A nostalgic journey by steam makes even a business trip an excursion.

Questions about by steam

What does by steam mean?
By steam means via a steam-powered boat or ship.
What part of speech is by steam?
By steam is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by steam in the dictionary

  1. by rights
  2. by sail
  3. by sight
  4. by some distance
  5. by starts and leaps
  6. by steam
  7. by the book
  8. by the by
  9. by the bye
  10. by the day
  11. by the dozen

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