STEAM

STEM plus arts

Steam is water in its gaseous state, produced when water boils or evaporates: Steam rose from the kettle.

Steam powered the industrial revolution—engines, locomotives, ships—and steam still evokes that era of mechanical power.

To let off steam is to release pent-up energy or emotion.

To run out of steam is to lose momentum.

As a verb, to steam is to cook with steam, to travel by steam power, or to move energetically: He steamed down the hallway.

Something that steams you makes you angry.

power

turbine

Blade-driven energy converter

energy · engine · propulsion · machinery · industrial · piston · valve · horsepower · mechanical · revolution

vapor

condensation

Vapor turning to liquid

  • mistFine airborne moisture
  • fogLow-lying cloud cover
  • boilingLiquid vaporization temperature

kettle · rising · wisp · cloud · evaporation · hot · moisture · humidity · sauna · bathroom

locomotive

train

Rail vehicle or instruct

  • engineMachine producing motion
  • railwayTrack system for trains
  • coalCombustible sedimentary rock

locomotive · boiler · whistle · conductor · track · vintage · industrial · piston · smokestack · firebox

education

STEM

Four-discipline academic grouping

arts · mathematics · curriculum · learning · maker · robotics · coding · creativity · innovation · hands-on

momentum

energy

Power to do work

progress · gathering · losing · building · force · running out · picking up · unstoppable · powering · forward

emotion

anger

Intense hostile emotion

blow off · venting · pressure · release · fuming · seething · temper · letting off · pent-up · explosive

cooking

blanching

Briefly boiling then cooling

dim sum · momo · idli · tamale · pudding · fish · poaching · moist · tender · nutritious

Categories
Opposites
physical state

STEAMice

Water's solid form

frost · icicle · hail · solid · glacier

temperature/thermal quality

STEAMcold

Low temperature state

chill · frost · coolness · freeze · frigidity

energy/power source

STEAMelectric

Powered by current

electricity · diesel · nuclear · solar · manual

Phrases
Family

steams, steamed, steaming, steamy, steamier, steamiest, steamer, steamers, steamship

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