steam locomotive

From steam and locomotive.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /stiːm ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtiv/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stiːm ˌləʊkəʊˈməʊtiv/

steam locomotive (plural steam locomotives)

2. (rail transport, chiefly historical) A locomotive, usually for use on a railway, that is powered by steam.

   Synonyms: steam loco (clipping, UK), steam engine (UK), pufferbelly (informal, dated), bullgine (US, slang, obsolete)

   Hypernyms: locomotive, engine, loco (UK) < rolling stock

   Coordinate terms: diesel locomotive, electric locomotive

   • 1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:

     Inevitably the present extent and variety of the Belgian railways will diminish, and within the space of the ten-year plan we can expect to see a modern system concentrated on the main traffic routes like its neighbour in the Netherlands, and with its last steam locomotives and wooden coaches honourably retired to the museum.

• honorary steam locomotive

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