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town gas

town gas noun: any of several flammable gases sold and distributed by a municipal gasworks for lighting and heating in a town, including coal gas and water gas.

Noun

town gas (uncountable)

  1. Any of several flammable gases sold and distributed by a municipal gasworks for lighting and heating in a town, including coal gas and water gas.

Forms of town gas

alternative formtowns gas

Questions about town gas

What does town gas mean?
Town gas means any of several flammable gases sold and distributed by a municipal gasworks for lighting and heating in a town, including coal gas and water gas.
What part of speech is town gas?
Town gas is a noun.

Words near town gas in the dictionary

  1. town drunk
  2. town drunks
  3. town dweller
  4. town dwellers
  5. Town End
  6. town gas
  7. Town Green
  8. town hall
  9. town halls
  10. Town Head
  11. town house

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