gas meter

noun

an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, especially such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling.

Origin of gas meter

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby gas meter

gas log, gas main, gasman, gas mantle, gas mask, gas meter, gasogene, gasohol, gas oil, gasolene, gasolier

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Example sentences from the Web for gas meter

He put a penny into the slot of the gas-meter, and soon the flat was reeking with metallic fumes.
Howards End|E. M. Forster
He said he came to read the gas-meter, so I took him down into the cellar and the gas-meter had been taken away.
Tom Slade on a Transport|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
A register of these revolutions is made by machinery similar to a gas-meter.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, No. 97, January, 1876|Various
The stout editor of the Copper-Snake took a packet of greasy newspapers from the gas-meter.
The Red Room|August Strindberg

A man came there again just the other day, too, and said he wanted to read the gas-meter.
Tom Slade on a Transport|Percy Keese Fitzhugh

British Dictionary definitions for gas meter

gas meter

noun

an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas passed through it

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单词	gas meter
释义	gas meter noun an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, especially such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling. Origin of gas meter First recorded in 1805–15 Words nearby gas meter gas log, gas main, gasman, gas mantle, gas mask, gas meter, gasogene, gasohol, gas oil, gasolene, gasolier Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gas meter He put a penny into the slot of the gas-meter, and soon the flat was reeking with metallic fumes. Howards End\|E. M. Forster He said he came to read the gas-meter, so I took him down into the cellar and the gas-meter had been taken away. Tom Slade on a Transport\|Percy Keese Fitzhugh A register of these revolutions is made by machinery similar to a gas-meter. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, No. 97, January, 1876\|Various The stout editor of the Copper-Snake took a packet of greasy newspapers from the gas-meter. The Red Room\|August Strindberg A man came there again just the other day, too, and said he wanted to read the gas-meter. Tom Slade on a Transport\|Percy Keese Fitzhugh British Dictionary definitions for gas meter gas meter noun an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas passed through it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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