gas

Meaning

1. Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
2. Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
3. Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
4. A chemical element or compound in such a state.
5. A hob on a gas cooker.
6. Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
7. The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
8. (slang) A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.
9. (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
10. A fastball.
11. (colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.

petrol

shoot a line

accelerator pedal

gaseous state

pride oneself

emit smoke

apple tart

rendered fat

poisonous gas

gaseity

golden apple snail

vital energy

airlike

gas-light

gaseous fluid

a vacuum

gasoline oil

coal oven gas

lighter fuel

gasear

fumigar

fall short of

gas oil

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡæs/

Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.

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