steam engine
Noun

steam engine (plural steam engines)

  1. A piston engine driven by steam (as contrasted, for example, with a steam turbine).
  2. Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
  3. (British) A steam locomotive.
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