Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steamboat

/ˈstimˌboʊt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: steam-boat
IPA: /ˈstimˌboʊt/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Hot pot (Chinese dish).

Uncountable

noun

A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot.

Countable

verb

To travel by steamboat.

name

Ellipsis of Steamboat Springs: a city, the county seat of Routt County, Colorado, United States.

name

A neighborhood of Steamboat Springs, Washoe, Nevada, United States.

name

A census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States

Example Sentences

"By and by the steamboat intruded. Then for fifteen or twenty years, these men continued to run their keelboats down-stream, and the steamers did all of the upstream business, the keelboatmen selling their boats in New Orleans, and returning home as deck passengers in the steamers."

Etymology

Compound of steam + boat.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstimˌboʊt/
British English: /ˈstiːmˌbəʊt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

steamboats (plural) steam-boat (alternative) steam boat (alternative) steamboats (present, singular) steamboating (participle, present) steamboated (participle, past) steamboated (past)

Derived Forms

steamboater steamboatman steamboats

Phrases

Steamboat Springs

Frequently Paired Words

steamship steamer

Synonyms

steamer steamship

Rhymes With

dreamboat

Questions

How do you pronounce steamboat?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstimˌboʊt/.
What does steamboat mean?: A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
Where does steamboat come from?: Compound of steam + boat.

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