water gas

Other forms: water gases

Definitions of water gas
  1. noun
    a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal
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    type of:
    fuel
    a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
    gas
    a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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