gasholder

English

Gas holders at Motspur Park in south-west London. Built in 1924, 1932, and 1954. Used to store gas for distribution to local areas until new methods of gas storage were introduced in the late 20th century.

Etymology

From gas +‎ holder.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gasholder (plural gasholders)

1. A large cylindrical tank used for storing gas, especially town gas (1870s-1940s) or natural gas (1950s-present). Types include one with telescopic sections with wet seals in between and one with a nontelescoping tank and a dry seal.
   • 1957 March, “Notes and News: G.W.R. Fire Engine to be Preserved”, in Railway Magazine, page 210:

     Its first big task was in 1915, at a fire at the Southern Laundry, next to the Great Western Hotel; its last major action was in 1942, when, after an enemy air attack, it helped to save the big gasholder at Swindon Works.

Synonyms

• gasometer

Holonyms

• gasworks, gas works

Related terms

• gas cylinder, gas tank, fuel tank

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: حَامِل أَلْغَاز m (ḥāmil ʔalḡāz)
• Bulgarian: газоме́р m (gazomér)
• Catalan: gasòmetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煤氣鼓 / 煤气鼓 (méiqìgǔ)

• Czech: plynojem m
• Danish: gasbeholder c
• Dutch: gashouder (nl) m
• Esperanto: gasujo
• Estonian: gaasimahuti
• Finnish: kaasukello (fi)
• French: gazomètre (fr) m
• German: Gasbehälter m, Gasspeicher (de) m, Gasometer (de) m
• Greek: αεριοφυλάκιο (el) n (aeriofylákio)
• Hebrew: מכל גז m (mekhal gaz)
• Hungarian: gazométer (hu), gáztartály (hu)
• Ido: gasometro (io)
• Italian: gasometro (it) m
• Japanese: ガスタンク (gasu-tanku)
• Korean: 가스 계량기 (gaseu gyeryanggi)
• Macedonian: гасомер m (gasomer)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gassklokke f

  Nynorsk: gassklokke f

• Polish: gazometr m
• Portuguese: gasómetro m, gasômetro m (Brazil)
• Romanian: gazometru (ro) n
• Russian: газго́льдер (ru) n (gazgólʹder)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гасометар m

  Latin: gasometar m

• Slovak: plynojem m
• Spanish: gasómetro m
• Swedish: gasklocka c, gasometer (sv) c, gasbehållare (sv) c
• Turkish: gaz tutucu (tr)
• Ukrainian: газго́льдер n (hazhólʹder)

See also

• water tower