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in steam

in steam prepositional phrase: having steam in its boiler and ready for work.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Having steam in its boiler and ready for work.
    • Apart from brief intervals for watering and coaling, No. 2395 is continuously in steam each week from 4 a.m. on Monday until 3 a.m. on the following Sunday.1942 March, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 93

Questions about in steam

What does in steam mean?
In steam means having steam in its boiler and ready for work.
What part of speech is in steam?
In steam is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in steam in the dictionary

  1. in statu pupillari
  2. in statu quo
  3. in status nascendi
  4. in stead
  5. in stead of
  6. in steam
  7. in steed
  8. in step
  9. in stitches
  10. in stock
  11. in store

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