HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of steam generator | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A type of boiler fitted in a diesel locomotive or another rail vehicle, which provided steam heating in steam-heated passenger trains that had previously been hauled by steam locomotives.

Examples

“[...] during those ghastly winters of the late 1940's when the smallish steam generators of early diesel passenger units proved inadequate …[...]”

CEFR level

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

See also

Learn this word in context

See steam generator used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course