wood gas

English

Alternative forms

• wood-gas, woodgas

Noun

wood gas (uncountable)

1. A synthetic fuel derived from pyrolysis decomposition of wood into burnable gases.
2. (by extension) Such fuel gas derived from pyrolysis of organic matter.

Coordinate terms

• coal gas
• gasifier
• syngas
• town gas
• water gas

 

See also

• biogas
• biomethane