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gas a fluid such as air that has neither independent shape nor volume but tends to expand indefinitely The first known use: in 1779 |
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3 Letters, 1 Syllable |
gas |
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3 Phonemes |
g a s |
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onset, rime |
g as |
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Morpheme |
gas |
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Sentence Examples Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas. We heat our house with gas. The car gets good gas mileage. The car almost ran out of gas. He was driving with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake. We stopped to gas the car. |
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Common Phrases a (real) gas A thoroughly entertaining, enjoyable, or amusing experience. gas Especially funny, humorous, or entertaining. Primarily heard in Ireland. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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