air gas

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   a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke

   Synonymsproducer gas

   Broadergas

Questions about air gas

What does air gas mean?

air gas means "a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke".

What is another word for air gas?

Close synonyms include producer gas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is air gas a common word?

air gas is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.