Laxi Dictionary

English Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition gas in British English

gas noun

noun
/ɡæs/

Differences between British and American English: gas

In the UK, gas usually refers to a clear substance like air that is burned to cook food or to heat your house: a gas boiler. Gas can also have this meaning in the US, but when American speakers say gas they are usually referring to a type of liquid fuel that is used to produce power in cars: We’d better get gas on our way out of town. In the UK, you call this fuel petrol.

1

a substance such as air that is neither a solid nor a liquid

Example

regulations to cut the emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide

Example

They detected high levels of radon gas in the building.

Synonyms and related words
acetylene ammonia argon
1.1

a gas burned as fuel, for example to heat your house or cook food

Example

a gas cooker/heater/boiler

Example

She couldn't pay her gas bill.

Example

Can you smell gas?

Example

Heat the oven to gas mark 6.

Synonyms and related words
biofuel biogas biomass
1.2

a gas used for harming or killing people, or for affecting their behaviour

Example

Police used gas to disperse the crowd.

Example

A nerve gas attack left hundreds injured.

Synonyms and related words
acetylene ammonia argon
1.3

a gas given to people before an operation to make them sleep, or during medical treatment so that they will feel less pain

Synonyms and related words
amphetamine anabolic steroid anaesthesia
1.4

wind produced inside your body by your stomach

Synonyms and related words
belch belch blow off
2

petrol

Example

We need to get some gas before we leave town.

Synonyms and related words
barrel benzene black gold
Definition gas in British English

Related Words

Words related to gas:

Calor gas () CS gas (noun) gas (noun) gas (verb) gas chamber (noun) gas fire (noun) gas giant (noun) gas guzzler (noun) gas jar (noun) gas mask (noun) gas meter (noun) gas pedal (noun) gas permeable lens (noun) gas ring (noun) gas sipper (noun) gas station (noun) gas turbine (noun) gas-fired (adjective) greenhouse gas (noun) laughing gas (noun) marsh gas (noun) mustard gas (noun) natural gas (noun) nerve gas (noun) noble gas (noun) poison gas (noun) shale gas (noun) is a gas (phrase) tear gas (noun)