| NOUN | artifact | steam locomotive | a locomotive powered by a steam engine |
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| Meaning | A locomotive powered by a steam engine. | |
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| Parts | firebox | A furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned |
| steam engine | external-combustion engine in which heat / heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder | |
| Broader | locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive | A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
| Spanish | locomotora de vapor | |
| Catalan | tren de vapor | |
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