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gas line (plural gas lines)

  1. A pipe or hose connecting a gas appliance to the main supply of natural gas for the apartment, office or building.
    Coordinate terms: gas burner, gas jet
    The gas line in each apartment should have a ball valve for emergency shutoffs.
  2. A queue out of a service station where people in automobiles wait their turn to make a purchase of gasoline.
    The gas lines sometimes wrapped around the block in 1973.
  3. A pipeline used to transport natural gas.
    Call before you dig — there is a gas line buried in the area.
  4. The tubing that carries gasoline in a vehicle from the gas tank to the engine.
    Hypernym: fuel line
    On older models, the gas line feeds the carburetor and has a replaceable fuel filter.

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