gasometer

A large container or tank used for storing gas, typically found in older industrial or urban areas; now largely replaced by modern underground storage systems.

• 🇫🇷Grand conteneur ou réservoir destiné au stockage du gaz, que l'on rencontrait souvent dans les anciennes zones industrielles ou urbaines ; il a été en grande partie remplacé de nos jours par des systèmes de stockage souterrains modernes.

1. Gas storage tank C1 formal british

   A large container used for storing gas, typically natural gas or town gas, often seen in industrial areas.

   • The old gasometer was dismantled to make way for new housing.
   • Gasometers were once a common sight in many British cities.
   • The gasometer held enough gas to supply the entire town for a week.

   🇫🇷Gazomètre (réservoir de stockage de gaz)

   Synonymes: gas holdergas tank

• gasometers plural form
• gasometers' possessive plural form
• gasometer's possessive singular form