HyperDic: water_gas

English > 1 sense of the expression water gas:
NOUNsubstancewater gasa mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases
English > water gas: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal.
BroaderfuelA substance that can be consumed to produce energy
gasA fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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