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Steam generator

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steamernoun(cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
steam cranenounA once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam usually supplied from a vertical boiler.
steamlinernounA steam-powered ocean liner.
steam wagonnoun(historical) An early steam-powered road vehicle for carrying freight.
steamrollernoun(by extension, informal) Any heavy road roller.
steam boilernounA boiler that is designed to produce steam.
steam rollernounAlternative form of steamroller. [(historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.]
steampipenounA pipe of a boiler, through which steam passes.
steam hammernounAn industrial machine designed to produce a hammer action through steam power.
feedwater heaternouna device used to preheat water before it enters a boiler. They were at one time also fitted to steam locomotives.
steam turbinenounA system of angled and shaped blades arranged on a rotor through which steam is passed to generate rotational energy. Today, normally used in power stations.
steam jacknounA roasting jack powered by steam.
driving wheelnounSynonym of steering wheel.
boilernounAn apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
traction enginenounA wheeled steam engine used to move heavy loads, plough ground or provide power at a chosen location.
single-wheelernoun(rail transport) A steam locomotive with a single driving axle.
propellernounA mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.
steamfitting(uncountable) The act or occupation of installing and maintaining piping for steam.
stokernounA person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.
water columnnoun(environmental sciences, hydrology) A notional column of water from the surface to the bottom in a natural setting, notable for the differences in physical and chemical properties at various depths.

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