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Meaning of raise steam | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To build up a useful head (pressure level) of steam in a steam-engined vehicle's boiler.

Examples

“[…] the fireman has to divide his time between getting up into the bunker to throw more turfs into the cab, and getting down on his hands and knees to get it into the firebox, and even then a reserve supply of turf must be carried on a truck behind the engine, and stops must be made on each steep ascent to raise more steam.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

raise the alarm raise the ante raise the bar raise the dead raise the devil raise the flag and see who salutes