steam organ
1steam organ — noun a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard • Syn: ↑calliope • Hypernyms: ↑musical instrument, ↑instrument • Part Meronyms: ↑steam whistle …
2steam organ — calliope (def. 1). [1785 95] * * * …
3Organ (music) — Organ 1741 Pipe organ in Église Saint Thomas, Strasbourg, France. Classification Keyboard instrument (Aerophone) Playing r …
4steam — n. & v. n. 1 a the gas into which water is changed by boiling, used as a source of power by virtue of its expansion of volume. b a mist of liquid particles of water produced by the condensation of this gas. 2 any similar vapour. 3 a energy or… …
5organ — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, Hammond organ, affiliate, agency, agent, ancilla, annual, appendage, appliance, arm, baroque organ, bimonthly, biweekly, bough, branch, branch office, calliope, calliophone, channel, chapter,… …
6steam whistle — noun a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler • Hypernyms: ↑whistle • Part Holonyms: ↑calliope, ↑steam organ, ↑boiler, ↑steam boiler * * * noun : a whistle in which the sound is …
7steam piano — noun see steam organ …
8Steam — (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The elastic, a[… …
9Steam blower — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …
10Steam boiler — Steam Steam (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. ste[ a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf. Gr. sty ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.] 1. The… …
