STEAM CHEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does steam chest mean? 

• STEAM CHEST (noun)
  The noun STEAM CHEST has 1 sense:

1. the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder

  Familiarity information: STEAM CHEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEAM CHEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("steam chest" is a kind of...):

chamber (a natural or artificial enclosed space)

Holonyms ("steam chest" is a part of...):

steam engine (external-combustion 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)