Showing results for gas meter. Search instead for glucose meter .

gas meter

American

noun

an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, especially such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling.

gas meter British

noun

an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas passed through it

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gas meter

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

An Octopus customer himself, he claimed the energy firm had put more resources into pursuing him for the bill than in trying to find the missing gas meter.

From BBC

In 2011, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Beech and Foster ran a pipe into the mosque from a nearby gas meter in a bid to spark an explosion.

From BBC

Residents whose service has been turned off should not attempt to restore service themselves or connect alternative fuels like propane to their natural gas meters, because it is dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times

The fire was set along a wall at the optometry center near a row of gas meters.

From Los Angeles Times

The cause of the leak is still being investigated, but Fire Chief John Donnelly said he believes it "happened after a vehicle struck the gas meter".

From BBC

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023