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English

Alternative forms

• steam roller

Etymology

steam +? roller

Noun

steamroller (plural steamrollers)

1. (historical) A steam-powered heavy road roller.
2. (by extension, informal) Any heavy road roller.
3. (figuratively) Any seemingly irresistible force.
4. (slang) A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end; it rolls the smoke (steam).

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Verb

steamroller (third-person singular simple present steamrollers, present participle steamrollering, simple past and past participle steamrollered)

1. To level a road using a steamroller.

   Synonym: steamroll

2. To proceed ruthlessly against all opposition as if with an overwhelming force.

   Synonyms: overpower, steamroll

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See also

• steam power
• steam engine
• steam tractor
• steam locomotive
• steam shovel

Further reading

• steamroller on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Martorelles

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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