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Steampipe

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steamfitting(uncountable) The act or occupation of installing and maintaining piping for steam.
steamernoun(cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
waterpipenounAlternative form of water pipe. [A pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing.]
boilernounAn apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
boiler tubenounOne of a number of tubes in a steam boiler through which heat, smoke and fumes from the firebox pass.
steam generatornoun(rail transport) A type of boiler fitted in a diesel locomotive or another rail vehicle, which provided steam heating in steam-heated passenger trains that had previously been hauled by steam locomotives.
train pipenoun(rail transport) A brake pipe on a rail vehicle through which compressed air or vacuum is passed to operate the brakes throughout a train.
steam boilernounA boiler that is designed to produce steam.
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.
pipewaynounA path or way consisting of pipes; a length or structure of pipework.
steam hammernounAn industrial machine designed to produce a hammer action through steam power.
field tubenounA single-ended thimble tube in a boiler, with an internal tube to encourage circulation.
water carriernoun(usually historical) A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.
downcomernounA pipe to conduct something downwards.
pipingnounThe sound of musical pipes.
slide valvenounA valve in a steam engine, designed to slide back and forth to cover and uncover the openings through which steam enters the cylinder.
twire-pipenoun(obsolete) A pipe through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge; a tuyere.
water pipenounA pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing.
steam cranenounA once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam usually supplied from a vertical boiler.
covernounA lid.

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