joining connection connexion | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication), the joining of hands around the table, there was a connection via the internet |
Turkish bath steam bath vapor bath vapour bath | you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower |
steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
connection connexion | shifting from one form of transportation to another, the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta |
boiler steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam |
calliope steam organ | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard |
connection connexion connector connecter connective | an instrumentality that connects, he soldered the connection, he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers |
exhaust exhaust system | system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged |
exhaust fan | a fan that moves air out of an enclosure |
exhaust manifold | a manifold that receives exhaust gases from the cylinders and conducts them to the exhaust pipe |
exhaust pipe | a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler |
exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold |
hood exhaust hood | metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes |
siamese siamese connection | an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building |
steam bath steam room vapor bath vapour bath | a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe, `vapour bath' is a British term |
steam chest | the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder |
steam engine | externalombustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder |
steam heat steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
steam iron | a pressing iron that can emit steam |
steam line steam pipe | a pipe conducting steam |
steam locomotive | a locomotive powered by a steam engine |
steam shovel | a power shovel that is driven by steam |
steam turbine | turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn |
steam whistle | a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam, usually attached to a steam boiler |
association connection connexion | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination, conditioning is a form of learning by association |
connection | a supplier (especially of narcotics) |
connection | (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship), he has powerful connections |
connection connexion connectedness | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it), there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare |
connection connexion link | a connecting shape |
connection link connectedness | the state of being connected, the connection between church and state is inescapable |
steam coal | coal suitable for use under steam boilers |
exhaust exhaust fumes fumes | gases ejected from an engine as waste products |
steam | water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere |
live steam | steam coming from a boiler at full pressure |
exhaust wash up beat tucker tucker out | wear out completely, This kind of work exhausts me, I'm beat, He was all washed up after the exam |
exhaust discharge expel eject release | eliminate (a substance), combustion products are exhausted in the engine, the plant releases a gas |
steam | cook something by letting steam pass over it, just steam the vegetables |
exhaust | use up the whole supply of, We have exhausted the food supplies |
consume eat up use up eat d deplete exhaust run through wipe out | use up (resources or materials), this car consumes a lot of gas, We exhausted our savings, They run through bottles of wine a week |
steam steam clean | clean by means of steaming, steam-clean the upholstered sofa |
steam | get very angry, her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man |
steamer steam | travel by means of steam power, The ship steamed off into the Pacific |
steam | rise as vapor |
run down exhaust play out sap tire | deplete, exhaust one's savings, We quickly played out our strength |
steam-heat | heat by means of steam |
steam | emit steam, The rain forest was literally steaming |
steam-powered | powered by a steam engine, a steam-powered locomotive |