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sternwheelers

sternwheelers is the plural of sternwheeler.

Meaning of sternwheeler

Noun

sternwheeler (plural sternwheelers)

  1. A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
    • Williams's steamboat crossed paths with a boat that was at the start of its voyage upstream, a long, boxy sternwheeler with a funnel and pilothouse on its top deck.1998, Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost, Pan, published 2012, page 140

Questions about sternwheelers

What is sternwheelers the plural of?
Sternwheelers is the plural of sternwheeler.

Words near sternwheelers in the dictionary

  1. sternwards
  2. sternway
  3. sternways
  4. sternwheel
  5. sternwheeler
  6. sternwheelers
  7. sternwheels
  8. steroid
  9. steroid dementia
  10. steroidal
  11. steroidally

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