coal gas

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   gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting

   Broaderfuel

   Narrowertown gas

Questions about coal gas

What does coal gas mean?

coal gas means "gaseous mixture produced by distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting".

Is coal gas a common word?

coal 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.