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steam
CEFRB1
/stiːm/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Hot water vapor that rises into the air.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air., Mist, fog.
Examples
Teachers should occasionally let their students blow off some steam.
That will let you blow off steam.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
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- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
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Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.
Mist, fog.
More examples
In contextSteam rose from the boiling kettle.
After three weeks in bed he was finally able to sit up under his own steam.
Dad had to go outside to blow off some steam.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”).