What is another word for gasworks?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈaswɜːks] (IPA)

Gasworks is a term that describes industrial plants or facilities used for producing and distributing gas. Synonyms for gasworks include gas plant, gas factory, gas processing plant, and gas refinery. Other terms that are used to refer to gasworks are gas station, gas depot, and gas storage facility. In addition, gasworks can be referred to as a gasworks yard, gasworks site, or gasworks complex. The term gasworks dates back to the Victorian era when gas was produced from coal and used for lighting and heating. Today, gasworks are used for producing gas for a range of applications, including heating, cooking, and powering vehicles.

What are the hypernyms for Gasworks?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Gasworks?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Gasworks

These boards are covered with such posters, announcing sales by auction, farms to be let, houses to be had on lease, shares in a local bank or gasworks for sale, and so on, for all of which properties the firm are the legal representatives.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Neither the owners nor the workmen in gasworks, waterworks, or any other establishment on which the public depends for necessaries of life, should be allowed suddenly to stop work without notice.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
Chemistry teaches how useful substances may be produced-how beautiful dyes and odours and oils, for instance, may be extracted from the disagreeable refuse of the gasworks.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons

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