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coal gas definition

coal gas

  1. a gas produced by the destructive distillation of bituminous coal: used for lighting and heating
  2. a poisonous gas given off by burning coal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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