Sleeve vs Steamer - What's the difference?
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The part of a garment that covers the arm.
A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
A narrow channel of water.
* Drayton
sleave; untwisted thread.
(British Columbia) A serving of beer measuring between 14 and 16 ounces.
(label) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
* 2012 ,
*:A three-alarm fire tore through a family home on Newark's East Side early Saturday morning, completely gutting the two-story residence and tragically claiming a half-sleeve of Oreo cookies that was trapped inside a cupboard.
to fit a sleeve to
(cookware) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, and in various processes of manufacture.
A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
A wetsuit which has long sleeves and long legs.
A dish of steamed clams.
Any species of the duck genus Tachyeres , of which all four species occur in South America, and three are flightless.
(Australia, food, obsolete) A food made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot, with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices; popular circa 1850 but apparently no longer so by the 1900s .
* “Melville”, Australia'', quoted in 1864''', Edward Abbott, ''The English and Australian Cookery Book: Cookery for the Many, as Well as for the ‘Upper Ten Thousand’'', London, in turn quoted in '''1998 , Colin Bannerman, et al., ''Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia?s Culinary History , (publisher), ISBN 0-642-10693-2, page 14,
(obsolete) A steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels (Webster 1913).
(horse racing) A horse whose odds are decreasing (becoming shorter) because bettors are backing it.
(UK, crime, slang) Member of a youth gang who engages in robbing and escaping as a large group.
(UK, sex, slang) Oral sex performed on a man.
(UK, slang) A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
(UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
(US, gambling, slang) A gambler who increases a wager after losing.
(UK, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.
As nouns the difference between sleeve and steamer
is that sleeve is the part of a garment that covers the arm while steamer is (cookware) a cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.As a verb sleeve
is to fit a sleeve to.sleeve
English
Noun
(en noun)- The sleeves on my coat are too long.
- This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.
- the Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve
Half A Sleeve Of Oreos Lost In House Fire", The Onion, May 5, 2012:
Derived terms
* shirtsleeves * sleevelessVerb
(sleev)See also
* raglan * thimbleAnagrams
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*steamer
English
Noun
(en noun)- Of all the dishes ever brought to table, nothing equals that of the steamer .