steamboat
noun
steam·boat
ˈstēm-ˌbōt 
: a boat driven by steam power
specifically
: a shallow-draft vessel used on inland waterways
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The 14-foot bronze monument features a steamboat, Tubman, two Union soldiers and about a dozen enslaved people seeking freedom.
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Kara Nelson, CNN, 18 June 2024
He's been a steamboat captain, a sorcerer, a ghost hunter, a band leader, a movie star, and more.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 June 2024
The ice gorge crushed and sank the Princess, one of the passenger steamboats to Coney Island.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2024
The nexus between technological innovation and global domination dates back centuries, from the muskets the conquistador Francisco Pizarro wielded to defeat the Inca Empire to the steamboats Commodore Matthew Perry commanded to force the opening of Japan.
—Eric Schmidt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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Kara Nelson, CNN, 18 June 2024
He's been a steamboat captain, a sorcerer, a ghost hunter, a band leader, a movie star, and more.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 June 2024
The ice gorge crushed and sank the Princess, one of the passenger steamboats to Coney Island.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2024
The nexus between technological innovation and global domination dates back centuries, from the muskets the conquistador Francisco Pizarro wielded to defeat the Inca Empire to the steamboats Commodore Matthew Perry commanded to force the opening of Japan.
—Eric Schmidt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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steamboat
noun
steam·boat
ˈstēm-ˌbōt
: a boat driven by steam
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