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illuminating gas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
il-lu-mi-nat-ing -gas
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several types of flammable gas produced and distributed commercially, especially when used for gaslight; coal gas, water gas, and natural gas have all been sold as illuminating gas or town gas.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

illuminating gases (plural)

Phrases

gas lamp gas mantle

Frequently Paired Words

gaslight gas lamp gas mantle gasworks

Questions

What does illuminating gas mean?
Any of several types of flammable gas produced and distributed commercially, especially when used for gaslight; coal gas, water gas, and natural gas have all been sold as illuminating gas or town gas.

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