in steam

English

Prepositional phrase

in steam

1. (of a steam locomotive) Having steam in its boiler and ready for work.
   • 1942 March, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:

     Apart from brief intervals for watering and coaling, No. 2395 is continuously in steam each week from 4 a.m. on Monday until 3 a.m. on the following Sunday.

Related terms

• one engine in steam

References

• “in steam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• taimens, inmates, Atenism, Tiemans, manties, Tsimané, inmeats, Samnite, tamines, mainest, etamins