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steam wagons

steam wagons is the plural of steam wagon.

Meaning of steam wagon

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

Questions about steam wagons

What is steam wagons the plural of?
Steam wagons is the plural of steam wagon.

Words near steam wagons in the dictionary

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

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