how to pronounce steamboat
/ˈstiːmˌboʊt/
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steamboat is pronounced in two syllables
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An example use of steamboat in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie …”
meanings of steamboat
noun:
- Hot pot (Chinese dish).
- A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
verb:
- To travel by steamboat.
steamboat frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word steamboat occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics steamboat can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that steamboat can be often used in the following areas:
1) transport and travel;
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