Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

natural gas liquid

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: nat-u-ral -gas liq-uid
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

hydrocarbons heavier than methane harvested from natural gas wells, generally, ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes.

Etymology

From natural gas + liquid.

Inflected Forms

natural gas liquids (plural)

Derived Forms

NGL

Phrases

liquefied natural gas natural gas liquified natural gas liquefied petroleum gas petroleum gas

Frequently Paired Words

liquefied natural gas natural gas liquified natural gas liquefied petroleum gas petroleum gas

Synonyms

NGL

Questions

What does natural gas liquid mean?: hydrocarbons heavier than methane harvested from natural gas wells, generally, ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes.
Where does natural gas liquid come from?: From natural gas + liquid.

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