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lifting gas

lifting gas noun: a gas, such as helium or hydrogen, that is used to produce buoyancy for e.g. balloons or airships.

Noun

lifting gas (countable and uncountable, plural lifting gases or lifting gasses)

  1. A gas, such as helium or hydrogen, that is used to produce buoyancy for e.g. balloons or airships.

Forms of lifting gas

plurallifting gases
plurallifting gasses

Questions about lifting gas

What does lifting gas mean?
Lifting gas means a gas, such as helium or hydrogen, that is used to produce buoyancy for e.g. balloons or airships.
What part of speech is lifting gas?
Lifting gas is a noun.
What is the plural of lifting gas?
The plural of lifting gas is lifting gases.

Words near lifting gas in the dictionary

  1. lifting bosses
  2. lifting bridge
  3. lifting bridges
  4. lifting chalk
  5. lifting down
  6. lifting gas
  7. lifting gases
  8. lifting gasses
  9. lifting off
  10. lifting one's game
  11. lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags

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