Usually means: Water vapor used for power.
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word steam:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. steam: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. steam: Merriam-Webster
  3. steam, steam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. steam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. steam: Collins English Dictionary
  6. steam: Vocabulary.com
  7. Steam, steam: Wordnik
  8. steam: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. STEAM, steam: Wiktionary
  10. steam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. steam: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. steam: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. steam: Dictionary.com
  14. steam (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. steam: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. STEAM, Steam (Archie Shepp album), Steam (Peter Gabriel song), Steam (Ty Herndon album), Steam (Ty Herndon song), Steam (band), Steam (content delivery), Steam (disambiguation), Steam (film), Steam (poker), Steam (service), Steam (software), Steam (song), Steam (website), Steam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Steam: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. steam: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. steam: Rhymezone
  20. steam: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. steam: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. steam: FreeDictionary.org
  23. steam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. steam: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. steam: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  2. steam: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Steam (purchased), Steam: Energy Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. steam: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. steam: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. STEAM: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. steam: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. steam, steam, steam, steam, steam: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Steam: Dan's Poker
  2. Steam: Backgammon
  3. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  6. STEAM: Power Engineering

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase.
noun:  The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air
noun:  mist, fog
noun:  Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation
noun:  Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
noun:  The act of cooking by steaming.
noun:  (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
noun:  (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
noun:  A steam-powered vehicle.
noun:  Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
noun:  (obsolete) Any exhalation.
noun:  (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
verb:  (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
verb:  (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
verb:  (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
verb:  (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
verb:  (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
verb:  (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
verb:  (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
verb:  (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
verb:  (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
verb:  (obsolete) To exhale.
adjective:  Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.
noun:  Initialism of serial time-encoded amplified microscopy. [(electronics) A very fast real-time optical imaging technique.]
noun:  Abbreviation of science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics. [(countable) A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.]

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