- gas ring
- noun Date: 1878 a ring-shaped portable gas burner for cooking
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gas ring
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gas ring — n BrE a metal ring that gets hot when gas passes through it, used for cooking food American Equivalent: burner … Dictionary of contemporary English
gas ring — gas rings N COUNT A gas ring is a metal device on top of a cooker or stove, where you can burn gas in order to cook food on it. [BRIT] Syn: burner (in AM, use burner) … English dictionary
gas ring — gas ,ring noun count BRITISH a BURNER on a stove … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gas ring — noun gas burner consisting of a circular metal pipe with several small holes through which gas can escape to be burned • Hypernyms: ↑gas burner, ↑gas jet • Part Holonyms: ↑gas range, ↑gas stove, ↑gas cooker * * * gas ring, a hollow metal ring,… … Useful english dictionary
gas ring — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms gas ring : singular gas ring plural gas rings 1) British a circular piece of metal on a cooker that flames come out of so that you can cook food 2) a piece of camping equipment that consists of a metal ring… … English dictionary
gas ring — /ˈgæs rɪŋ/ (say gas ring) noun a hollow iron ring with perforations or jets supplied with gas under pressure, used for cooking …
gas ring — noun (C) BrE a metal ring that gets hot when gas passes through it, used for cooking food; burner (2) AmE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ring — ring1 W2S1 [rıŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(jewellery)¦ 2¦(circle)¦ 3 give somebody a ring 4¦(bells)¦ 5¦(criminals)¦ 6 have the/a ring of something 7 have a familiar ring 8 run rings around somebody 9¦(cooking)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
gas — n. & v. n. (pl. gases) 1 any airlike substance which moves freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity. 2 a such a substance (esp. found naturally or extracted from coal) used as a domestic or industrial fuel (also attrib. :… … Useful english dictionary
ring — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a circular band, usu. of precious metal, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage or betrothal. 2 a circular band of any material. 3 the rim of a cylindrical or circular object, or a line or band round it. 4 a mark… … Useful english dictionary
