gas in English: Something like air, which is not solid and not liquid. Gas is often burned to cook food or to heat a house. (noun)

Translation

Something like air, which is not solid and not liquid. Gas is often burned to cook food or to heat a house.

Word origin

Made up in the 1600s by the Flemish chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont, who built the word on Greek khaos, empty space.

Gender

Pluralgases

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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.

air

The mix of gases all around us that we breathe and cannot see.

fire

The hot, bright flames that burn when something is on fire and give heat and light.

cook

To make food ready to eat by using heat.

water

The clear liquid that falls as rain and that people and animals drink to live.

car

A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people.

chemical

A substance made or studied in chemistry, especially one made in a factory or laboratory.

fuel

Something you burn to make heat or power, like petrol, gas, or wood.

meter

A machine that measures and counts how much of something you use, such as gas, water, or parking time.

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