NATURAL GAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does natural gas mean? 

• NATURAL GAS (noun)
  The noun NATURAL GAS has 1 sense:

1. a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATURAL GAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

gas; natural gas

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

fossil fuel (fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content)

Meronyms (substance of "natural gas"):

methane (a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel)

 Context examples 

Carcinogenic hydrocarbons are often found in petroleum, natural gas and coal and are capable of causing cancer.

(Carcinogenic Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples of hydrocarbons are coal, petroleum, natural gas and tar.

(Hydrocarbon, NCI Dictionary)

It is the major constituent of natural gas.

(Methane, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)