"steerage" meaning in English

See steerage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: steerages [plural]
Etymology: From steer + -age. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|steer|age}} steer + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} steerage (countable and uncountable, plural steerages)
  1. (uncountable) The art of steering. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-steerage-en-noun-8m4AdjJM
  2. (countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins. Tags: countable Translations (cheapest class of accommodation in a ship): трета палуба (treta paluba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Zwischendeck [neuter] (German), סִפּוּן בֵּּינַיִם (sipun beynayim) [masculine] (Hebrew), בֵּינַת סִפּוּנִים (beynat sipunim) [feminine] (Hebrew), fedélköz (Hungarian), tiareti (Maori), tīreti (Maori), antecámara [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-steerage-en-noun-AT3uFbZk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 11 78 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 91 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 92 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 80 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 88 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 6 84 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 82 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 87 6 Disambiguation of 'cheapest class of accommodation in a ship': 1 72 27
  3. (countable) The effect of the helm on a ship. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-steerage-en-noun-uxbrQ7HI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: steerageway

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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