water gas

2 definitions found

water gas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water gas \Wa"ter gas`\ (Chem.)
     See under Gas.
     [1913 Webster]

water gas - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  water gas
      n 1: a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small
           amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke
           or coal