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BOTTLED GAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bottled gas mean?
• BOTTLED GAS (noun)
The noun BOTTLED GAS has 1 sense:
1. hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Familiarity information: BOTTLED GAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
bottled gas; liquefied petroleum gas
Hypernyms ("bottled gas" is a kind of...):
gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)
hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)
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