gas meter


noun
  1. an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas produced or consumed, especially such an apparatus metering the amount of household gas piped into a dwelling.

Origin of gas meter

1
First recorded in 1805–15

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How to use gas meter in a sentence

  • He put a penny into the slot of the gas-meter, and soon the flat was reeking with metallic fumes.

    Howards End | E. M. Forster

British Dictionary definitions for gas meter

gas meter

noun
  1. an apparatus for measuring and recording the amount of gas passed through it

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