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gas mains

gas mains is the plural of gas main.

Meaning of gas main

Noun

gas main (plural gas mains)

  1. The conduit through which coal gas or natural gas is conveyed to users.
    • This imposing structure, which not only carries the single track branch line but also the gas main supplying the Forest of Dean area, cost £200,000 when it was built in 1879, and at its highest point is 70ft above the high-water mark.1961 January, “Talking of Trains: The Severn Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5

Questions about gas mains

What is gas mains the plural of?
Gas mains is the plural of gas main.

Words near gas mains in the dictionary

  1. gas lightings
  2. gas lights
  3. gas line
  4. gas lines
  5. gas main
  6. gas mains
  7. gas mantle
  8. gas mantles
  9. gas mark
  10. gas marks
  11. gas mask

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