gasworks
a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
Origin of gasworks
1- Also called gashouse.
Words Nearby gasworks
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How to use gasworks in a sentence
Pass the ruined gasworks and follow the main street shown in the photo below.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres | UnknownDuring the past twenty-four hours I have examined into the franchise of those gasworks.
Back Home | Irvin S. CobbThe price of them gasworks, accordin' to the latest quotations, was sixty thousand—but liable to advance without notice.
Back Home | Irvin S. CobbThe chimneys on the right bank are a long way off, the gasworks higher up are out of sight.
London Impressions | Alice MeynellA Tramway or a gasworks consists of two things: the actual plant, and the nominal capital which represents its value.
The History of the Fabian Society | Edward R. Pease
British Dictionary definitions for gasworks
/ (ˈɡæsˌwɜːks) /
(functioning as singular) a plant in which gas, esp coal gas, is made
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