Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steam crane

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: steam crane
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam usually supplied from a vertical boiler.

Example Sentences

"Work commenced at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday and continued without break until 4 a.m. on Monday morning, in the course of which three shifts of upwards of 90 men each and three steam cranes were employed."

Inflected Forms

steam cranes (plural)

Questions

What does steam crane mean?: A once common but now obsolete type of crane powered by a steam engine, with the steam usually supplied from a vertical boiler.

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