steam-packet
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "In those days, a good way to get to New York City from Baltimore was by steam-packet."
- "Every preparation was now made: one day more and they were at Dover, and the next they embarked on board the steam-packet."
- "Portishead, lying west-north-west of Bristol, on the Severn, had a small port from medieval times on its pill, or inlet, and began to develop as a seaside resort early in the nineteenth century, when it was served by steam packets from Bristol."