wood. The shanks are lighter than âcommonâ nails but heavier than âboxâ or âcoolersâ, and they are slightly shorter, by penny weight, than a common nail. The idea being, you could easily drive them deeper than other nails and that the shank would thus penetrate further than if using a flat head nail, like a common, box or cooler nail.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  steampunk(Noun) A subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th century society. 2  steampunk(Noun) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character. 3  steampunk(Verb) To depict in a steampunk manner.
The definition of steam is using water vapor. An example of steam used as an adjective is in the phrase steam engine, which means an engine that runs on water vapor. Steam is a vapor, particularly water heated to the boiling point and then converted to a vapor or gas. An example of steam is vapor coming out of a hot pot of soup. Steam is defined as to give off a vapor or to expose to a vapor. An example of to steam is to cook broccoli in a covered pot with a little water.