Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steam drum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: steam -drum
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reservoir of water and steam at the top end of the water tubes in a boiler. It acts as a phase-separator for the steam/water mixture.

Inflected Forms

steam drums (plural)

Questions

What does steam drum mean?: A reservoir of water and steam at the top end of the water tubes in a boiler. It acts as a phase-separator for the steam/water mixture.

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