Get to know Steamship better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like steamer or ship.
Steamship meaning
A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
Using Steamship
- The main meaning on this page is: A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
- Useful related words include: steamer, ship.
- In the example corpus, steamship often appears in combinations such as: the steamship, steamship authority, steamship company.
Context around Steamship
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Steamship
- In this selection, "steamship" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, atlantic, waterman, maine, authority, corporation and company stand out and add context to how "steamship" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include american merchant steamship ss robin and and waterman steamship corporation in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "steamship" sits close to words such as ache, advani and afi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with steamship
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She’s the only fish still living from the steamship. (10 words)
Prior to the restoration, the steamship carried thousands of visitors every year. (12 words)
The Steamship Authority is looking for a consultant for its information technology infrastructure. (13 words)
Steamship Authority Bus Destroyed, 15 Cars Damaged In Parking Lot FireFlames ripped through a bus in the Steamship Authority parking lot in Falmouth on Saturday, destroying the vehicle and damaging 15 other cars in the area. (36 words)
As the SS Shieldhall prepares to set sail once again this weekend, carrying a new generation of passengers on a nostalgic journey through time, it’s worth reflecting on the remarkable history of this iconic steamship. (36 words)
History sidebar main Origins main The first leveraged buyout may have been the purchase by McLean Industries, Inc. of Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company in January 1955 and Waterman Steamship Corporation in May 1955. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Maine Steamship Co. accepts a $160,000 bid from Bath Iron Works for the construction of the steamship Cottage City.
Steamship Authority Bus Destroyed, 15 Cars Damaged In Parking Lot FireFlames ripped through a bus in the Steamship Authority parking lot in Falmouth on Saturday, destroying the vehicle and damaging 15 other cars in the area.
History sidebar main Origins main The first leveraged buyout may have been the purchase by McLean Industries, Inc. of Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company in January 1955 and Waterman Steamship Corporation in May 1955.
On January 21, 1955, McLean Industries, Inc. purchased the capital stock of Pan Atlantic Steamship Corporation and Gulf Florida Terminal Company, Inc. from Waterman Steamship Corporation.
After a brief lunch, representatives from the Steamship Authority, their consultants, and Eversource will speak on the challenges of electrifying its fleet.
And I think that’s given us opportunities to talk to these steamship lens, maybe a little differently than we have in the past.
A subsequent release from the Steamship says that when the Nantucket was coming into Oak Bluffs Terminal on Monday, the vessel’s stern swung out of position and struck the concrete piling.
By the mid-19th century, Waterford had four shipbuilding yards and the first steamship ever to sail into a Russian port was built here.
Eschewing the "ye olde" steamship look, ACL opts for modern design and modern art.
In 1904, a triple-decker steamship caught fire near East Ninetieth Street and shipwrecked on North Brother Island, off the Bronx.
In 1941, a German U-boat sank the American merchant steamship SS Robin Moor in the South Atlantic after the ship's passengers and crew were allowed to board lifeboats.
In the early noughties, the Manxman Steamship Company was set up in an effort to try and save her and at one point, there was hope that it would become a visitor attraction.
Prior to the restoration, the steamship carried thousands of visitors every year.
She’s the only fish still living from the steamship.
Since 2013, the line of code had been acting as a bridge, carrying customers from the Steamship website to the internal reservation system.
The Steamship Authority is looking for a consultant for its information technology infrastructure.
The Steamship Authority’s Port Council learned Tuesday morning that the price of converting recently acquired offshore supply vessels into ferries has escalated due to steel cost increases.
The Steamship Authority website once again ran into trouble Tuesday morning, the opening day of online automobile reservations for off-Islanders traveling to and from the Vineyard over the summer.
The Steamship implemented the change on Wednesday after the ferry line had heard Islanders’ concerns about increased traffic.
As the SS Shieldhall prepares to set sail once again this weekend, carrying a new generation of passengers on a nostalgic journey through time, it’s worth reflecting on the remarkable history of this iconic steamship.
Common combinations with steamship
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: