steam engine

See also: steam-engine

English

Noun

steam engine (plural steam engines)

  1. A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a steam turbine).
  2. Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
  3. (Britain) A steam locomotive.

Translations
steam locomotive — see steam locomotive

See also
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