Collocations withsteam
These are words often used in combination withsteam.
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cloud of steam
Suspended above the cooling towers there is an enormous white cloud of steam which is simply heating the sky and inducing all kinds of undesirable effects elsewhere.
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escaping steam
The line itself would be diverted to come as near as possible, not coming so near as to cause discomfort from belching smoke or escaping steam.
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head of steam
Rhythmic repetition builds up a powerful head of steam, its onward rush cut off when the lyrical earlier material returns.
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steam explosion
This is combined with hydroquinone and a catalyst to produce a steam explosion in the chamber, which can be directed at a pursuing predator.
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steam injection
The impact of such flaring is a high luminosity flame, and noise associated with the use of steam injection to ensure complete combustion of flared material.
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steam launch
The steam launch they had brought was hauled ashore for the winter.
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steam pipe
The engineering officers in the stoke-room must have great readiness of resource and independence of action individually when it comes to the bursting of a steam pipe.
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steam tug
She has survived, is preserved in private ownership and has been re-engined as a steam tug.
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steam turbine
The third loop is a steam turbine cycle.
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steam vent
On modern pressure cookers, food residues blocking the steam vent or the liquid boiling dry will trigger additional safety devices.
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steam whistle
This began a 10 in steam whistle and new building in 1900 (which still exists near water's edge).
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superheated steam
This is because the superheated steam is dry.
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