gasholder

[ gas-hohl-der ]

noun

1. gasometer ( def 2 ).

gasholder

/ ˈɡæsˌhəʊldə /

noun

1. Also calledgasometer a large tank for storing coal gas or natural gas prior to distribution to users
2. any vessel for storing or measuring a gas

Example Sentences

The gasholder house at Erdberg is perfectly circular, and has an internal diameter of 63.410 meters.

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The top of this framework is perfectly contiguous with the inside of the crown of the gasholder.

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After spending a considerable time in the gasholder, his clothes—not to put too fine a point upon it—smelt.

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Gas passes as usual from the generator to a washer and storage gasholder.

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There is a cock between the gasholder and the washer for isolating one from the other.

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