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gas engines

gas engines is the plural of gas engine.

Meaning of gas engine

Noun

gas engine (plural gas engines)

  1. An internal combustion engine that runs on a fuel gas (a gaseous fuel) such as natural gas or producer gas; especially, a reciprocating one, typically a large stationary engine in power plant or industrial use.
    • The shop was driven by a hiccoughy old gas engine which sometimes packed up, to the great delight of all the juveniles.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283
  2. (Canada, US) An internal combustion engine that runs on gasoline; especially, a reciprocating one.
    Synonyms:
    petrol engine

Questions about gas engines

What is gas engines the plural of?
Gas engines is the plural of gas engine.

Words near gas engines in the dictionary

  1. gas duster
  2. gas dusters
  3. gas dwarf
  4. gas dynamics
  5. gas engine
  6. gas engines
  7. gas fee
  8. gas fees
  9. gas field
  10. gas fields
  11. gas fire

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