Definition of Steam clean

1. Verb. Clean by means of steaming. "Steam-clean the upholstered sofa"

Exact synonyms: Steam
Generic synonyms: Clean, Make Clean
Derivative terms: Steam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steam Clean

steam
steam-crack
steam-cracked
steam-cracking
steam-cracks
steam-engine
steam-heat
steam-powered
steam-ship
steam-ships
steam bath
steam baths
steam boiler
steam boilers
steam chest
steam clean (current term)
steam coal
steam condenser
steam condensers
steam cracker
steam cracking
steam distillation
steam engine
steam engines
steam fitting
steam hammer
steam hammers
steam heat
steam heater
steam heaters

Literary usage of Steam clean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"Ausdampfen, vi evaporate; cease steaming. ausdampfen, r.(. steam, clean with steam; evaporate; smoke out. Ausdauer, /. endurance, continuance, perseverance. ..."

2. The Steam Engine Indicator and Its Appliances: Being a Comprehensive by William Houghtaling (1899)
"... and free from all moisture arising from condensed steam. Clean by means of cotton waste, or cloth, used in connection with a wooden stick. FIG. ..."

3. The Steam Engine Indicator and Its Appliances: Being a Comprehensive by William Houghtaling (1899)
"... and free from all moisture arising from condensed steam. Clean by means of cotton waste, or cloth, used in connection with a wooden stick. •0 -TO . ..."

4. Locomotive Engine Running and Management by Angus Sinclair (1899)
"from leaks, the notes of the exhaust will sound forth in regular succession in sharp, ringing, clear tones, every puff seeming to cut the steam clean off at ..."

5. Locomotive Engine Running and Management by Angus Sinclair (1908)
"from leaks, the notes of the exhaust will sound forth in regular succession in sharp, ringing, clear tones, every puff seeming to cut the steam clean off at ..."

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