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liquefied petroleum gas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
liq-ue-fied petroleum -gas
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mixture of propane and butane with traces of some other gases, which is kept in a liquid state at high pressure in metal bottles, and used as a source of gas for cooking, heating and as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

liquefied petroleum gases (plural)

Phrases

liquefied natural gas liquid air liquid helium liquid nitrogen liquid oxygen

Frequently Paired Words

LNG liquefied natural gas CNG liquid air liquid helium liquid nitrogen liquid oxygen

Synonyms

LPG autogas propane[Appendix:Glossary bottled gas

Questions

What does liquefied petroleum gas mean?
A mixture of propane and butane with traces of some other gases, which is kept in a liquid state at high pressure in metal bottles, and used as a source of gas for cooking, heating and as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.

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