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steam-heating

steam-heating is the present participle and gerund of steam-heat.

Meaning of steam-heat

Verb

steam-heat (third-person singular simple present steam-heats, present participle steam-heating, simple past and past participle steam-heated)

  1. To heat with the use of steam.
    • Diesel traction on the "Golden Arrow" - diverted via Chatham because of Sunday engineering work in Sevenoaks Tunnel. The down train is diesel-hauled out of Victoria by Birmingham/Sulzer Type 3 No. D6500 and B.R./Sulzer Type 2 No. D5004 on January 28, 1961; the inner locomotive is provided to...1961 April, Trains Illustrated, page 250, photo caption

Questions about steam-heating

What is steam-heating the present participle and gerund of?
Steam-heating is the present participle and gerund of steam-heat.

Words near steam-heating in the dictionary

  1. steam-engine
  2. steam-engines
  3. steam-hauled
  4. steam-heat
  5. steam-heated
  6. steam-heating
  7. steam-heats
  8. steam-packet
  9. steam-packets
  10. steam-powered
  11. steam-ship

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