coal gas

English

Noun

coal gas (uncountable)

(petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.

Coordinate terms

(types of gas) coal gas, illuminating gas, natural gas, synthesis gas, town gas, water gas

Related terms

gaslight (noun), gasworks

Translations

gas prepared by heating coal with steam

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: светилен газ (svetilen gaz)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 煤氣／煤气 (mui⁴ hei³)

Mandarin: 煤氣／煤气 (zh) (méiqì)
Dutch: kolengas n, lichtgas (nl) n, steenkolengas (nl) n
Finnish: hiilikaasu
French: gaz de houille (fr) m
Greek: αεριόφως (el) n (aeriófos)
Hungarian: világítógáz (hu)
Irish: gás guail m
Persian: گاز زغال‌سنگ (gâz-e zoğâl-sang)
Polish: gaz węglowy m, gaz koksowniczy m
Portuguese: gás de hulha m, gás de carvão m
Russian: светильный газ m inan (svetilʹnyj gaz)
Spanish: gas de alumbrado m, gas ciudad m

Further reading

Coal gas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

gas coal

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