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gas line en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A pipe or hose connecting a gas appliance to the main supply of natural gas for the apartment, office or building.
    • The gas line in each apartment should have a ball valve for emergency shutoffs.
  2. A queue out of a service station where people in automobiles wait their turn to make a purchase of gasoline.
    • The gas lines sometimes wrapped around the block in 1973.
  3. A pipeline used to transport natural gas.
    • Call before you dig — there is a gas line buried in the area.
  4. The tubing that carries gasoline in a vehicle from the gas tank to the engine.
    • On older models, the gas line feeds the carburetor and has a replaceable fuel filter.

Forms

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gas lines Number=Plur lexicographic
gasline alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

gas jet · gas burner

Hypernyms

fuel line

Relateds

gas works (natural gas hookups or pipelines) · gasworks (natural gas hookups or pipelines)