1. A cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it
   "She placed the vegetables in the steamer basket over boiling water"
    
2. A ship powered by one or more steam engines
   "The steamer carried passengers across the Atlantic in the early 20th century";
   - steamship
    
3. [US, NZ] A drink of frothed milk without coffee, suitable for children
   - babycino, babyccino
    
4. [N. Amer] An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
   "They gathered steamers for a traditional New England clambake";
   - soft-shell clam, steamer clam, long-neck clam, Mya arenaria, softshell, softshell clam

1. Travel by means of steam power
   "They steamered up the Mississippi River";
   - steam

Derived forms: steamered, steamering, steamers

Type of: clam, cooking utensil, cookware, go, locomote, move, ship, travel

Part of: genus Mya, Mya

Encyclopedia: Steamer