steamboat
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noun
a steam-driven vessel, especially a small one or one used on inland waters.
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| —n | |
| a boat powered by a steam engine | |
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Steamboat
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
Railway and steamboat journeys were, of course, predestined through the ages as aids to the enjoyment of reading.
Newspapers are a good primary source for tracing the story of the steamboat.
Indoor and outdoor seating is featured on this authentic steamboat featuring a museum-quality engine room.
The steamboat owner sued for damages, claiming the bridge was a hazard to navigation.
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