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steamer | electric |

As a noun steamer

is (cookware) a cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.

As an adjective electric is

electric.

steamer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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,
    • Of all the dishes ever brought to table, nothing equals that of the steamer .
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (homosexual man) see * (sense, prostitute's client) see * (drinking session) bender, binge, carouse, piss-up

    Derived terms

    * Cleveland steamer * steamer chair

    See also

    * (Tachyeres)

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

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    electric

    English

    Alternative forms

    * electrick (chiefly archaic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black), title=Internal Combustion
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Out of the gloom , passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}}
  • Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
  • Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
  • * (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
    • Electric Pindar.
  • Drawing electricity from an external source; not battery-operated; corded.

    • Derived terms

    * electrical * electrical outlet * electrical engineer * electric chair * electric darts * electric eye * electric fence * electric grid (power grid) * electric shock

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (informal) .
  • (rare) An electric car.
  • (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.

    • References

    * * * Dictionary.com definitions of electric * Niels H. de V. Heathcote (December 1967). " The early meaning of electricity'': Some ''Pseudodoxia Epidemica'' - I". ''Annals of Science 23 (4): pp. 261-275. 1000 English basic words ----