noun
burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑gas burner
• Hypernyms: ↑burner
• Hyponyms:
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nounill-kept glass box lit by a small gas jet — W.J.Locke
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2. a flame of illuminating gas.
[1830-40]
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gas jet noun
1. A jet of gas
2. A gas-flame
3. The perforated part of a gas-fitting where the gas issues and is burnt, a burner
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Main Entry: ↑gas
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gas jet,
1. a small nozzle of a gas fixture.
2. a flame of gas.
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n.
1) another term for gas burner
2) a flame of illuminated gas from a gas burner
Useful english dictionary. 2012.