gas main
a large pipe for conducting and distributing gas to lesser pipes or ducts, especially such a pipe carrying and distributing household gas beneath the streets of a town or city.
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How to use gas main in a sentence
Water would enter the gas main, and her utility, National Grid, would be forced to shut off the gas.
How rising groundwater caused by climate change could devastate coastal communities | Kendra Pierre-Louis | December 13, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewTurning back now to the gas main, let us consider the pressures actually existing.
The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900 | VariousAnd now the wire ran to the roof again, along a smaller gas main, and so to another manhole.
The Black Star | Johnston McCulleyThey made a turning, and went on, always following the little wire that had been looped along the joints of the gas main.
The Black Star | Johnston McCulleyOne hand badly burnt, face and hair singed, Loveland was back in a minute from his errand at the gas main.
Lord Loveland Discovers America | C. N. Williamson
The fire was reported to have been caused by the explosion of a gas main.
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British Dictionary definitions for gas main
a large pipeline in which gas is carried for distribution through smaller pipes to consumers
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