coal gas
The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking, etcThe poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking, etc. and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.
» Coal and natural gas are natural fuels.
Kohle und Erdgas sind natürliche Brennstoffe.
Уголь и природный газ — природное топливо.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking, etc. and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.
светильный газsvetilʹnyj gaz
gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting
Examples
7 sentencesCoal and natural gas are natural fuels.
ruУголь и природный газ — природное топливо. — odexed
deKohle und Erdgas sind natürliche Brennstoffe. — Espi
Hydropower is a renewable resource, but oil, coal and natural gas are not.
Coal, natural gas and oil are the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
If we burn fuels such as coal, oil and gas, they give off various gases.
deWenn man Steinkohle, Erdöl und Gas verbrennt, entstehen verschiedene Gase. — xtofu80
One of the biggest threats in coal mines are gas explosions and the simulator tries to prepare miners for the worst.
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