| / English Dictionary |
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A locomotive powered by a steam engine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("steam locomotive" is a kind of...):
engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)
Meronyms (parts of "steam locomotive"):
firebox (a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned)
steam engine (external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
