steamship

Everyday

A large ship driven by a steam engine, which burns coal or oil to boil water and make steam. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons steamships replaced sailing ships, making sea journeys faster and more reliable and helping people emigrate to America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Titanic was a steamship. Phrases: «a steamship company», «travel by steamship».

Examples

• The family sailed to Australia on a steamship. tree →
• Steamships did not need wind to move. tree →
• The Titanic was a huge steamship. tree →
• Smoke poured from the steamship's funnels. tree →
• A steamship could cross the ocean faster than a sailing ship. tree →
• The museum has a model of an old steamship. tree →
• If a steamship travels 20 km each hour, it covers 120 km in 6 hours. tree →
• It was his opinion that he had really made as great a journey as if he had travelled in a steamship, a railway carriage, or a post-chaise. tree →

Note

One word: «steamship». Also called a «steamer». Shortened in names as «SS» (for steamship), as in «SS Great Britain». In maths travel problems, distance = speed × time.