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stame

stame noun: dry, superheated steam.

Noun

stame (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) dry, superheated steam

Origin of stame

Coined by James Frost, a Brooklyn engineer, in the 1840s.

Questions about stame

What does stame mean?
Stame means dry, superheated steam.
What part of speech is stame?
Stame is a noun.

Words near stame in the dictionary

  1. stambomycin
  2. stambomycins
  3. Stamboul
  4. stambouline
  5. stamboulines
  6. stame
  7. stamen
  8. stamenate
  9. stamened
  10. stameniferous
  11. stamenless

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