Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steam chest

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: steam ch-est
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.

Example Sentences

"One small tooth increase in regulator opening makes a minute increase in steam chest pressure reading and one can feel the clearly perceptible increase in the power output beneath one's feet."

Inflected Forms

steam chests (plural) steamchest (alternative)

Synonyms

steam dome

Questions

What does steam chest mean?: A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.

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