water gas

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   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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Questions about water gas

What does water gas mean?

water gas means "a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal".

Is water gas a common word?

water 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.