gasworks

[ gas-wurks ]

/ ˈgæsˌwɜrks /

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noun, plural gas·works.(used with a singular verb)

a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.

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Also called gashouse.

Origin of gasworks

1810–20; gas + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Words nearby gasworks

gas turbine, gas up, gas vacuole, gas welding, gas well, gasworks, gat, gata, gate, gate array, gâteau

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How to use gasworks in a sentence

Pass the ruined gasworks and follow the main street shown in the photo below.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres|Unknown
During the past twenty-four hours I have examined into the franchise of those gasworks.
Back Home|Irvin S. Cobb
The price of them gasworks, accordin' to the latest quotations, was sixty thousand—but liable to advance without notice.
Back Home|Irvin S. Cobb
The chimneys on the right bank are a long way off, the gasworks higher up are out of sight.
London Impressions|Alice Meynell

A Tramway or a Gasworks consists of two things: the actual plant, and the nominal capital which represents its value.
The History of the Fabian Society|Edward R. Pease

British Dictionary definitions for gasworks

gasworks

/ (ˈɡæsˌwɜːks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) a plant in which gas, esp coal gas, is made

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