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steamless

steamless adjective: without steam.

Adjective

steamless (not comparable)

  1. Without steam.
    • steamless pyrolysis of ethane to ethylene
    • Steamless scene at Oban on August 8, with Birmingham R.C.W. Type 2 diesels Nos. D5361 on the 4.55 p.m. to Ballachulish, D5348 on the 5.30 p.m. to Glasgow and Edinburgh and D5362 on the 6 p.m. to Euston.1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany”, in Modern Railways, page 284, photo caption

Origin of steamless

From steam + -less.

Questions about steamless

What does steamless mean?
Steamless means without steam.
What part of speech is steamless?
Steamless is an adjective.

Words near steamless in the dictionary

  1. steaming off
  2. steaming up
  3. steamingly
  4. steamings
  5. steamings up
  6. steamless
  7. steamlike
  8. steamliner
  9. steamliners
  10. steampipe
  11. steampipes

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