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单词 white damp
释义

white damp


noun

a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.

Origin of white damp

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby white damp

white crab, white-crowned sparrow, whitecup, white currant, whited, white damp, whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre, white dwarf, white elephant, white ensign
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Example sentences from the Web for white damp

  • There is also "white-damp," the gas which you see burning with a pretty blue flame over a hot coal fire.

    Diggers in the Earth|Eva March Tappan

British Dictionary definitions for white damp

whitedamp
/ (ˈwaɪtˌdæmp) /

noun

a mixture of poisonous gases, mainly carbon monoxide, occurring in coal minesSee also afterdamp
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