TOWN GAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does town gas mean? 

• TOWN GAS (noun)
  The noun TOWN GAS has 1 sense:

1. coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use

  Familiarity information: TOWN GAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOWN GAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("town gas" is a kind of...):

coal gas (gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)