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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 pressureplay

  Familiarity information: BOTTLED GAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOTTLED GAS (noun)


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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