Steamboat Meaning
/ˈstimˌboʊt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
nounA boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
nounHot pot (Chinese dish).
Sentence Examples
We need a steamboat.
The steamboat let out a long whistle.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In the 1800s, the ____ traveled up the Mississippi River using coal to power its engine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old ____ used to travel up and down the river, carrying passengers and heavy goods between the towns.
Word Origin & History
Compound of steam + boat.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"By and by the steamboat intruded. Then for fifteen or twenty years, these men continued to run their keelboats down-stream, and the steamers did all of the upstream business, the keelboatmen selling their boats in New Orleans, and returning home as deck passengers in the steamers."
— 1870, Mark Twain, chapter 3, in Life on the Mississippi:
Explore More B1 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
In the 1800s, the ____ traveled up the Mississippi River using coal to power its engine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old ____ used to travel up and down the river, carrying passengers and heavy goods between the towns.