gasworks

[ gas-wurks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

, plural gas·works.

1. a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.

gasworks

/ ˈɡæsˌwɜːks /

noun

1. functioning as singular a plant in which gas, esp coal gas, is made

Word History and Origins

Origin of gasworks¹

1810–20; gas + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Example Sentences

The house was built in 1886, one of dozens of similar homes that once graced a neighborhood known for its gasworks and breweries.

From Washington Post

Before the Dome was built, the peninsula was empty of buildings and covered with toxic soil from the gasworks that had closed back in 1976.

From The Guardian

Escaping from home on my tricycle at the age of two and a half, and heading to the gasworks.

From The Guardian

It is a cavernous temple to beer built out of the ruins of an abandoned gasworks plant dating to the turn of the last century.

From Los Angeles Times

I leaned through and snapped a few shots of the gasworks.

From Washington Post