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coal gas

noun

  1. a gas used for illuminating and heating, produced by distilling bituminous coal and consisting chiefly of hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide.
  2. the gas formed by burning coal.


coal gas

noun

  1. a mixture of gases produced by the distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting: consists mainly of hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coal gas1

First recorded in 1800–10
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Example Sentences

The most important of these is gas lime, or lime which has been used for purifying coal gas.

Once beyond the entrance into this dark path the lamps ceased to burn; the coal-gas had begun its sway.

Poisoning by coal gas is practically poisoning by carbon monoxide.

A balloon filled with hydrogen, or even with coal gas, rises into the air, as oil or a cork rises up through water.

To him the art is indebted for the introduction of carbureted-hydrogen, or coal gas, as the means of inflating balloons.

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