STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does steam locomotive mean? 

• STEAM LOCOMOTIVE (noun)
  The noun STEAM LOCOMOTIVE has 1 sense:

1. a locomotive powered by a steam engine

  Familiarity information: STEAM LOCOMOTIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEAM LOCOMOTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A locomotive powered by a steam engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("steam locomotive" is a kind of...):

engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)

Meronyms (parts of "steam locomotive"):

firebox (a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned)

steam engine (external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder)