Phrase guide

coal gas

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking, etc. and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, natural-sciences, petrochemistry, petrology, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: fuel

Narrower terms: town gas

History

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: светилен газ (svetilen gaz) — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Chinese Cantonese: 煤氣 /煤气 (mui4 hei3) — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煤氣 /煤气 (méiqì) — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Dutch: kolengas — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Dutch: lichtgas — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Dutch: steenkolengas — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Finnish: hiilikaasu — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • French: gaz de houille — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Greek: αεριόφως (aeriófos) — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Hungarian: világítógáz — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Irish: gás guail — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Persian: گاز زغالسنگ (gâz-e zoġâl-sang) — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Polish: gaz węglowy — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Polish: gaz koksowniczy — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Portuguese: gás de hulha — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Portuguese: gás de carvão — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Russian: светильный газ (svetilʹnyj gaz) — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Spanish: gas de alumbrado — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Spanish: gas ciudad — gas prepared by heating coal with steam
  • Turkish: havagazı — gas prepared by heating coal with steam