Meaning
Something like air, which is not solid and not liquid. Gas is often burned to cook food or to heat a house.
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Word origin
Made up in the 1600s by the Flemish chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont, who built the word on Greek khaos, empty space.
- Origin
- Dutch
- Root
- gas
- English cognates
- chaos
Grammar
Examples
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This gas burns to make heat.
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"Gas" is uncountable here, so it has no plural.
American petrol .
The same word has this second meaning in the United States.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 11: gas, include, upstairs and 7 more words.