GAS LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gas line mean? 

• GAS LINE (noun)
  The noun GAS LINE has 3 senses:

1. a queue of vehicles waiting to purchase gasoline

2. a pipeline used to transport natural gas

3. a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine

  Familiarity information: GAS LINE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAS LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A queue of vehicles waiting to purchase gasoline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("gas line" is a kind of...):

queue; waiting line (a line of people or vehicles waiting for something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pipeline used to transport natural gas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the workmen broke through the gas line

Hypernyms ("gas line" is a kind of...):

line; pipeline (a pipe used to transport liquids or gases)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fuel line; gas line; petrol line

Context example:

the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line

Hypernyms ("gas line" is a kind of...):

pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)

Holonyms ("gas line" is a part of...):

fuel system (equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine)