1
: cooked by steam
2
: angry sense 1
often used with up

Examples of steamed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This Otay Mesa area Chinese restaurant’s lunch special comes with fried or steamed rice, egg drop soup or hot and sour soup and a main entree item. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024 Trader Joe's has recalled more than 60,000 pounds of its steamed chicken soup dumplings due to some packages possibly containing plastic from a permanent marker, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday. Ayana Archie, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for steamed 

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Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of steamed was in 1802

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“Steamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamed. Accessed 30 May. 2024.

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