steam engine
noun
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- external-combustion engine hypernym
Parts & wholes
- steamship part holonym
- steam locomotive part holonym
- boiler part meronym
- crosshead part meronym
- steam chest part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | steamship |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | steam locomotive |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | boiler |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | crosshead |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | steam chest |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | external-combustion engine |