"gas main" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gas mains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gas main (plural gas mains)
  1. The conduit through which coal gas or natural gas is conveyed to users. Translations (Translations): газопровод (gazoprovod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pääkaasuputki (Finnish), kaasuputki (Finnish), Hauptgasleitung [feminine] (German), gazociąg [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-gas_main-en-noun-59gOXWyy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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