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Definition of Steeper
1. Noun. A vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping.
Definition of Steeper
1. n. A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
Definition of Steeper
1. Adjective. (comparative of steep) ¹
2. Noun. A vessel, vat, or cistern in which things are steeped. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Steeper
1. one that steeps [n -S] - See also: steeps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeper
Literary usage of Steeper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1896)
"In the Eastern Middle field one-third of the larger folds are symmetrical, over
half have steeper northerly dips, and about one- seventh have steeper ..."
2. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1893)
"or like some of the long mounds of " clinkers " in a great manufacturing district.
The advancing end is often much steeper, creeping onward like Fig. 46. ..."
3. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"The result was that the inclinations adopted, which aro much steeper than theory
would ... steeper ..."
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