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steamfitter

steamfitter

1 8.1
A skilled worker who installs and repairs heating, cooling, and steam pipes and machines
  • noun
  • /ˈstiːmˌfɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : instalador de tuberías
  • He learned the craft of a steamfitter during his apprenticeship, mastering pipe installation for heating systems.
  • plumber and steamfitter

Examples

  • Horrified, my father headed back to work, but as he left, he thought he saw one of his brothers, a steamfitter employed on the World Trade Center site, among the angry workers.

    Blog text (20)
  • On offer are jobs like: pastry chef, steamfitter, layout man, gravedigger, etc.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • What happened to steamfitters?

  • How's the steamfitters?

  • That morning, Denny Lentz, a steamfitter with Power Piping, was helping a co-worker install a flat piece of steel between flanges on a 30-inch coke oven gas line in the Clairton Plant's B Battery.

    Blog text (27)
  • As a skilled trade, a steamfitter installs and repairs systems that distribute steam and heated water.

  • After completing his training, she became a certified steamfitter, specializing in industrial refrigeration systems.

Synonyms

pipe fitter
vssteamfitter
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A worker who installs and repairs pipes that carry water, gas, or steam

focuses more broadly on heating, ventilation, refrigeration and steam equipment maintenance

How Skilled

steamfitter
  • Specialized
1 8.1
trainee
50 2.4
helper
79 1.0

Surface Forms

steamfitter singular
steamfitters plural

Morphology

steamfitter = steam + fitter (transparent) = steam + fit + er

A clear compound of 'steam' + 'fitter' meaning a fitter who works on steam/heating systems; both components are productive and semantically direct.

Etymology

Steamfitter comes from the two parts steam and fitter, and a fitter is someone who 'fits' parts together. That's why a steamfitter is a worker who installs and fixes the pipes and machines that carry steam and heat.