gasworks

[ gas-wurks ]

/ ˈgæsˌwɜrks /

noun, plural gas·works.(used with a singular verb)

a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.

Also called gashouse.

Origin of gasworks

1810–20; gas + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Words nearby gasworks

gas turbine, gas up, gas vacuole, gas welding, gas well, gasworks, gat, gata, gate, gate array, gâteau

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Example sentences from the Web for gasworks

Gabriel felt humiliated by the failure of his irony and by the evocation of this figure from the dead, a boy in the gasworks.
Dubliners|James Joyce
I bought these gasworks and I own them, and I am satisfied to go on owning them.
Back Home|Irvin S. Cobb
Something very simple, as was soon learned; the gasworks had just blown up.
A Winter Amid the Ice|Jules Verne
Thus railways, gasworks, private households and a great variety of industries contribute to a Composite Demand for coal.
Supply and Demand|Hubert D. Henderson

The gasworks have been notably more successful than the electric plants.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for gasworks

gasworks

/ (ˈɡæsˌwɜːks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) a plant in which gas, esp coal gas, is made

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单词	gasworks
释义	gasworks [ gas-wurks ] / ˈgæsˌwɜrks / noun, plural gas·works.(used with a singular verb) a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings. Also called gashouse. Origin of gasworks 1810–20; gas + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”) Words nearby gasworks gas turbine, gas up, gas vacuole, gas welding, gas well, gasworks, gat, gata, gate, gate array, gâteau Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gasworks Gabriel felt humiliated by the failure of his irony and by the evocation of this figure from the dead, a boy in the gasworks. Dubliners\|James Joyce I bought these gasworks and I own them, and I am satisfied to go on owning them. Back Home\|Irvin S. Cobb Something very simple, as was soon learned; the gasworks had just blown up. A Winter Amid the Ice\|Jules Verne Thus railways, gasworks, private households and a great variety of industries contribute to a Composite Demand for coal. Supply and Demand\|Hubert D. Henderson The gasworks have been notably more successful than the electric plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7\|Various British Dictionary definitions for gasworks gasworks / (ˈɡæsˌwɜːks) / noun (functioning as singular) a plant in which gas, esp coal gas, is made 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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