gasholder

English

Etymology

gas +‎ holder

Noun

gasholder (plural gasholders)

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.

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

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

See also

water tower

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