gasholder
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: gasometer. a large tank for storing coal gas or natural gas prior to distribution to users
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any vessel for storing or measuring a gas
Example Sentences
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A terrible Swiss gig in a disused gasholder inspired them to give up.
From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2013
The gasholder house at Erdberg is perfectly circular, and has an internal diameter of 63.410 meters.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various
The gasholder is then emptied down to the zero mark by closing the cock p and opening q.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
From the gasholder the gas passes through the purifier D, charged with heratol, to the service-pipe.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
There is a siphon, a coke scrubber 110 inches high, a sawdust purifier, and a gasholder of 750 cubic feet capacity, and a pipe to the engine 5.2 inches in diameter.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various
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