"gasholder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gasholders [plural]
Etymology: gas + holder Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gas|holder}} gas + holder Head templates: {{en-noun}} gasholder (plural gasholders)
  1. A large cylindrical tank used for storing gas, especially town gas (1870s-1940s) or natural gas (1950s-present). Types include one with telescopic sections with wet seals in between and one with a nontelescoping tank and a dry seal. Synonyms: gasometer Holonyms: gasworks, gas works Related terms: gas cylinder, gas tank, fuel tank, water tower Translations (Translations): حَامِل أَلْغَاز (ḥāmil ʔalḡāz) [masculine] (Arabic), газоме́р (gazomér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gasòmetre [masculine] (Catalan), 煤氣鼓 (Chinese Mandarin), 煤气鼓 (méiqìgǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), plynojem [masculine] (Czech), gasbeholder [common-gender] (Danish), gashouder [masculine] (Dutch), gasujo (Esperanto), gaasimahuti (Estonian), kaasukello (Finnish), gazomètre [masculine] (French), Gasbehälter [masculine] (German), Gasspeicher [masculine] (German), Gasometer [masculine] (German), αεριοφυλάκιο (aeriofylákio) [neuter] (Greek), מכל גז (mekhal gaz) [masculine] (Hebrew), gazométer (Hungarian), gáztartály (Hungarian), gasometro (Ido), gasometro [masculine] (Italian), ガスタンク (gasu-tanku) (Japanese), 가스 계량기 (gaseu gyeryanggi) (Korean), гасомер (gasomer) [masculine] (Macedonian), gassklokke [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gassklokke [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gazometr [masculine] (Polish), gasómetro [masculine] (Portuguese), gasômetro [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), gazometru [neuter] (Romanian), газго́льдер (gazgólʹder) [neuter] (Russian), гасометар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gasometar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), plynojem [masculine] (Slovak), gasómetro [masculine] (Spanish), gasklocka [common-gender] (Swedish), gasometer [common-gender] (Swedish), gasbehållare [common-gender] (Swedish), gaz tutucu (Turkish), газго́льдер (hazhólʹder) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hazhólʹder",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "газго́льдер"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gasholder"
}

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