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gasworks

gasworks

1 9.0
A place where gas is made from coal to give light and heat for towns and cities
  • noun
  • /ˈɡæsˌwɜrks/
  • Archaic
translation icon : fábrica de gas
  • The old gasworks in the city served as a reminder of how towns were once lit by coal gas.
  • Victory Gasworks

Examples

  • Many cities have preserved their gasworks as museums to showcase the industrial history of the 19th century.

  • Ben Peterson started Victory Gasworks in 2008.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Victory Gasworks' HotWatt is a turnkey solution to providing heat and power from wood.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The Gasworks.

    One Day (2011)

  • We're trying to get the gasworks island and we can't follow the shoreline to do that, so we have to cross with all the boat traffic.

  • For those who want more of a turnkey solution—"turnkey" being a relative term in the tinkering and modification-heavy world of gasifiers—there's Victory Gasworks.

    Academic text (2012)

  • He visited the historic gasworks, where coal was transformed into gas for heating and lighting.

Synonyms

gas plant
vsgasworks
  • Specialized
4 4.1

A place where natural gas is prepared and sent to customers

produces coal-derived gas historically for urban lighting and heating

Surface Forms

gasworks singular
gasworks plural

Morphology

gasworks = gas + works (transparent) = gas + works

The meaning is directly built from 'gas' + 'works' where 'works' denotes an industrial plant producing gas, so learners who know both components can infer the sense.

Etymology

The word gasworks comes from gas, meaning 'invisible fuel' used for light and heat, and works, meaning a 'factory' that makes something, just like ironworks makes iron. So a gasworks is a factory where towns once made gas for lighting and heating.