steamer

Definitions

General English

• noun a pan

  with

  holes in the

  bottom

  which

  is placed over

  boiling

  water to

  cook

  food

  by steaming

Food

• A double or triple

  saucepan

  with a top lid in which the compartments above the bottom pan are perforated so that

  steam

  generated at the bottom can circulate around the food items in the upper compartments

Slang

• noun a bout of heavy drinking. Often heard in the phrase ‘on/in a steamer’.

Travel

• noun a large

  passenger

  ship powered by steam
• noun a type of pan with holes in the bottom which is placed over boiling water for steaming food

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Contexts for “steamer”

4 definitions in context
• General English
• Food
• Slang
• Travel