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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gaseous mixture produced by the destructive distillation of bituminous coal and used as a commercial fuel.
- noun The gaseous mixture released by burning coal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The gas which is given out by burning coal.
- noun A mixture of gases and vapors, chiefly combustible, which is employed to produce the gas-light in common use.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun petrochemistry The
poisonous gas, useddomestically forcooking etc and formerly forlighting , prepared by heatingcoal withsteam ; it is a mixture ofhydrogen andcarbon monoxide ;synthesis gas ortown gas .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting
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