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PADDLE STEAMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels
Synonyms:
paddle-wheeler; paddle steamer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("paddle steamer" is a kind of...):
steamer; steamship (a ship powered by one or more steam engines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paddle steamer"):
side-wheeler (a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side)
sternwheeler (a paddle steamer having the paddle wheel in the stern)
