gasworks
gasworks
Definition
gas·works (gas′wʉrks′)
noun
a plant where gas for heating and lighting is prepared
gasworks
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- build: The town was lit by gas, a small company had been formed of local business men and a gasworks built at Beck Green.
- serve: A siding was later added to serve a small gasworks opposite the station.
- include: Such uses might include gasworks, heavy industry, hospitals and landfill sites.
Adjective modifier
- former: It involved land on which 11 residential properties had been constructed on the site of a former gasworks.
- old: A far cry from when this panorama could be snatched only by peering through a gap out over the old gasworks.
- small: He took over a small gasworks which had already been set up to the south of Angel Road.
- large: The site had long been occupied by Europe's largest gasworks.
- local: The town is supplied with gas by the local gasworks, at 4/7 per 1,000 cubic feet.
- first: From 1814 he was employed in the city's first gasworks, eventually rising to become manager and chief engineer.
Modifies a noun
- gallery: Gasworks Gallery introduces Nights In, a series of silent, moving image presentations.
- site: Bell Green Gasworks Site The Public Inquiry into the future of the derelict gasworks site at Bell Green starts on Tuesday next week.
- residency: Gasworks residency staff are keen to discuss works in progress and assist in sourcing materials, offering local knowledge, contacts and creative input.
- croft: DIRTY OLD TOWN I found my love by the gasworks croft 18.
Noun used with modifier
- town: The town gasworks might be sited close to the railroad to allow for the delivery of coal.
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