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Plural of steamer

regular plural

The plural of steamer is steamers.

Forms of steamer

Singularsteamer /ˈstiːmə/
Pluralsteamers
Countablecountable

Steamers in a sentence

  • Steamers, ferries, and tugboats pulling strings of barges behind them created rush-hour traffic on a laneless thoroughfare.2009, Jessica DuLong, My River Chronicles, page 13. From the entry laneless
  • Most of the steamers are being "sold on the hoof" to the larger scrap dealers.1986, Don Ball, The Pennsylvania Railroad, 1940s-1950s, page 139. From the entry on the hoof
  • Everything about the steamers was filthy and neglected except the engines, which were in reasonably good order.1965, Julian Symons, “The Steamers Arrive: The Delay”, in England’s Pride: The Story of the Gordon Relief Expedition, Looe, Cornwall…. From the entry forehold
  • Unlike other women landing from the steamers, she was neither short-skirted nor bloomer-clad.1912 October, Jack London, “The Taste of the Meat”, in Smoke Bellew, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co, →OCLC. From the entry bloomer
  • On steamers and motorships the name in Roman literation is usually displayed on each side of the wheelhouse.1992, Sea Breezes, volume 66, C. Birchall & Sons, page 431. From the entry literation

Meaning of steamer

  1. noun A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture.
  2. noun A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
  3. noun A steam fire engine, that is, a steam boiler and engine driving a pump, which are all mounted on wheels.

Full definition of steamer

Questions about the plural of steamer

What is the plural of steamer?
The plural of steamer is steamers.
Is steamer countable?
Steamer is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steamer (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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