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WATER GAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("water gas" is a kind of...):
fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)
gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)