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gasholder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large cylindrical tank used for storing gas, especially town gas (1870s-1940s) or natural gas (1950s-present). Types include one with telescopic sections with wet seals in between and one with a nontelescoping tank and a dry seal.

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History

Etymology

From gas + holder.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَامِل أَلْغَاز (ḥāmil ʔalḡāz) — Translations
  • Bulgarian: газоме́р (gazomér) — Translations
  • Catalan: gasòmetre — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煤氣鼓 /煤气鼓 (méiqìgǔ) — Translations
  • Czech: plynojem — Translations
  • Danish: gasbeholder — Translations
  • Dutch: gashouder — Translations
  • Esperanto: gasujo — Translations
  • Estonian: gaasimahuti — Translations
  • Finnish: kaasukello — Translations
  • French: gazomètre — Translations
  • German: Gasbehälter — Translations
  • German: Gasspeicher — Translations
  • German: Gasometer — Translations
  • Greek: αεριοφυλάκιο (aeriofylákio) — Translations
  • Hebrew: מכל גז (mekhal gaz) — Translations
  • Hungarian: gazométer — Translations
  • Hungarian: gáztartály — Translations
  • Ido: gasometro — Translations
  • Italian: gasometro — Translations
  • Japanese: ガスタンク (gasu-tanku) — Translations
  • Korean: 가스 계량기 (gaseu gyeryanggi) — Translations
  • Macedonian: гасомер (gasomer) — Translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gassklokke — Translations
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gassklokke — Translations
  • Polish: gazometr — Translations
  • Portuguese: gasómetro — Translations
  • Portuguese: gasômetro — Translations
  • Romanian: gazometru — Translations
  • Russian: газго́льдер (gazgólʹder) — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: гасометар — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: gasometar — Translations
  • Slovak: plynojem — Translations
  • Spanish: gasómetro — Translations
  • Swedish: gasklocka — Translations
  • Swedish: gasometer — Translations
  • Swedish: gasbehållare — Translations
  • Turkish: gaz tutucu — Translations
  • Ukrainian: газго́льдер (hazhólʹder) — Translations