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What (who) is steam boat - definition
TYPE OF STEAM POWERED VESSEL; SMALLER THAN A STEAMSHIP; BOAT IN WHICH THE PRIMARY METHOD OF MARINE PROPULSION IS STEAM POWER
Steam boat; Steam-powered ship; Steam Boat; Steamboats; River steamboat; Vapores; Steam launch; Steam-boat; Steam vessel
![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/"Look out" (Transport Steamer) on Tennessee River - NARA - 5289791 restored.jpg?width=200){kind=spacer}
![The ''[[American Queen]]'', the world's largest operating river steamboat](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/American Queen Eads Bridge.jpg?width=200 "The ''[[American Queen]]'', the world's largest operating river steamboat")
![''[[Charlotte Dundas]]'', built by [[William Symington]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlotte dundas drawing symington.jpg?width=200 "''[[Charlotte Dundas]]'', built by [[William Symington]].")
![The 1909 replica of the ''North River Steamboat'', the first steamboat to achieve commercial success transporting passengers along the [[Hudson River]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clermont replica.jpg?width=200 "The 1909 replica of the ''North River Steamboat'', the first steamboat to achieve commercial success transporting passengers along the [[Hudson River]].")
![Model of steamship, built in 1784, by [[Claude de Jouffroy]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D'AbbansSteamshipModel.jpg?width=200 "Model of steamship, built in 1784, by [[Claude de Jouffroy]].")
![Natchez]]'' and the ''[[American Queen]]'' are the only two that are propelled by steam.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mississippi River in Louisiana Steamboat Natchez.jpg?width=200 "Natchez]]'' and the ''[[American Queen]]'' are the only two that are propelled by steam.")
![Mississippi Riverboats at [[Memphis, Tennessee]] (1906)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Riverboats at Memphis.jpg?width=200 "Mississippi Riverboats at [[Memphis, Tennessee]] (1906)")
![[[SS California (1848)]], the first [[paddle steamer]] to steam between [[Panama City]] and San Francisco—a [[Pacific Mail Steamship Company]] ship.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SS California Poster Sharpened.jpg?width=200 "[[SS California (1848)]], the first [[paddle steamer]] to steam between [[Panama City]] and San Francisco—a [[Pacific Mail Steamship Company]] ship.")
![The SS ''Keno'' in [[Dawson City]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SS Keno Dawson.jpg?width=200 "The SS ''Keno'' in [[Dawson City]]")
![triple-expansion steam engine]] and coal-fired [[Scotch boiler]], as installed in SL ''Nuneham''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sissons triple expansion steam engine in sl Nuneham.jpg?width=200 "triple-expansion steam engine]] and coal-fired [[Scotch boiler]], as installed in SL ''Nuneham''")
![S.S. ''Inlander'' on the [[Skeena River]] at [[Kitselas Canyon]], 1911](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sternwheeler Inlander.jpg?width=200 "S.S. ''Inlander'' on the [[Skeena River]] at [[Kitselas Canyon]], 1911")
![''Monitor'' and the ''Merrimack'']]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Monitor and Merrimac.jpg?width=200 "''Monitor'' and the ''Merrimack'']]")
![Élise]]'' (ex Scottish-built ''Marjorie'').](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elise-vapeur.png?width=200 "Élise]]'' (ex Scottish-built ''Marjorie'').")
![Enterprise]]'' on her fast trip to Louisville, 1815"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enterprise 03.jpg?width=200 "Enterprise]]'' on her fast trip to Louisville, 1815\"")
![Edward L Ryerson]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward L Ryerson Welland Canal 2008.JPG?width=200 "Edward L Ryerson]]''")
![PS ''Waverley'']] steaming down the Firth of Clyde.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PS Waverley off Greenock 1994.jpg?width=200 "PS ''Waverley'']] steaming down the Firth of Clyde.")
![TS ''Queen Mary'']].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TS Queen Mary 1981.jpg?width=200 "TS ''Queen Mary'']].")
![''[[Sky Wonder]]'' last steam-powered cruise ship built 1984](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sky-Wonder---Villefranche.jpg?width=200 "''[[Sky Wonder]]'' last steam-powered cruise ship built 1984")
![''[[Belle of Louisville]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BelleOfLouisville.jpg?width=200 "''[[Belle of Louisville]]''")
![Natchez]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steamboat Natchez. New Orleans. (48759732042).jpg?width=200 "Natchez]]''")
![''[[Delta Queen]]'' racing](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DeltaQueenRacing.jpg?width=200 "''[[Delta Queen]]'' racing")
![''[[Delta King]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Delta King.JPG?width=200 "''[[Delta King]]''")
![''Belle of Cincinnati'', a participant in the [[Great Steamboat Race]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Big 4 Bridge Belle of Cincinnati.jpg?width=200 "''Belle of Cincinnati'', a participant in the [[Great Steamboat Race]]")
![Riverwalk]] in 2015](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/American Queen in New Orleans.jpg?width=200 "Riverwalk]] in 2015")
steamboat
(steamboats)
A steamboat is a boat or ship that has an engine powered by steam.
= steamer
N-COUNT
Steamboat
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. Steamboats sometimes use the prefix designation SS, S.
steamboat
n.
Steamer.
Wikipedia
Steamboat
![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/"Look out" (Transport Steamer) on Tennessee River - NARA - 5289791 restored.jpg?width=120){kind=spacer}
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. Steamboats sometimes use the prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S (for 'Screw Steamer') or PS (for 'Paddle Steamer'); however, these designations are most often used for steamships.
The term steamboat is used to refer to smaller, insular, steam-powered boats working on lakes and rivers, particularly riverboats. As using steam became more reliable, steam power became applied to larger, ocean-going vessels.
Examples of use of steam boat
1. His epoch–making excursion, two circular tours from Harwich, which he personally escorted, took 40 people by steam boat and train to Paris, Brussels, the Rhine and Strasbourg for a 14–night trip which cost the princely sum of 8.