WordNet
steam heating
n. a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators [syn: steam heat]
Wikipedia
Steam heating
For articles on Steam heating see:
- District heating
- Geothermal heating
- Heating system
- Seattle Steam Company
- Steam generator (railroad)
Usage examples of "steam heating".
The weather being now so cold that the boiler-steam heating of the compartments was barely perceptible, they rode the whole way, awake or asleep, in their recently bought fur coats, plus gloves, hats, mufflers, and all the patchwork lap robes the provodnik could find for them.
Although she had several blankets and the steam heating hissed and muttered in the pipes, she was clammily cold.