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steam wagon

steam wagon noun: an early steam-powered road vehicle for carrying freight.

Noun

steam wagon (plural steam wagons)

  1. (historical) An early steam-powered road vehicle for carrying freight.
    • The old North Eastern Railway, which was a pioneer in so many directions, obtained powers in 1905 for mechanical road operation, and shortly afterwards began to operate both steam wagons and petrol-driven buses. The steam wagons were used on country cartage services, but presumably they proved too...1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 335
    Synonyms:
    steam lorry

Synonyms of steam wagon

Forms of steam wagon

pluralsteam wagons

Questions about steam wagon

What does steam wagon mean?
Steam wagon means an early steam-powered road vehicle for carrying freight.
What part of speech is steam wagon?
Steam wagon is a noun.
What is the plural of steam wagon?
The plural of steam wagon is steam wagons.

Words near steam wagon in the dictionary

  1. steam tunnel
  2. steam tunnels
  3. steam turbine
  4. steam turbines
  5. steam up
  6. steam wagon
  7. steam wagons
  8. steam yacht
  9. steam yachts
  10. steam-boat
  11. steam-boats

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