gas mask

noun

a masklike device containing or attached to a component that filters the air inhaled by the wearer through charcoal and chemicals, for protecting the face and lungs against noxious gases and fumes, as in warfare or in certain industrial processes.

Origin of gas mask

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby gas mask

gaslit, gas log, gas main, gasman, gas mantle, gas mask, gas meter, gasogene, gasohol, gas oil, gasolene

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Example sentences from the Web for gas mask

The enemy's gases, like the American ones, could go through any gas-mask if in sufficient concentration.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930|Victor Rousseau
With a gas-mask on a man is not more than fifty per cent efficient.
Huts in Hell|Daniel A. Poling
After that I dumped earth only along the other two sides; working more slowly and donning my gas-mask as the smell grew.
The Shunned House|Howard Phillips Lovecraft
His gas-mask had been blown to atoms with Observation-Post Fourteen.
Morale|Murray Leinster

"And don't forget your helmet and gas-mask," he called, as I stepped from the car into a foot of oozy mire.
Italy at War and the Allies in the West|E. Alexander Powell

British Dictionary definitions for gas mask

gas mask

noun

a mask fitted with a chemical filter to enable the wearer to breathe air free of poisonous or corrosive gases: used for military or industrial purposesAlso called (in Britain): respirator

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单词	gas mask
释义	gas mask noun a masklike device containing or attached to a component that filters the air inhaled by the wearer through charcoal and chemicals, for protecting the face and lungs against noxious gases and fumes, as in warfare or in certain industrial processes. Origin of gas mask First recorded in 1910–15 Words nearby gas mask gaslit, gas log, gas main, gasman, gas mantle, gas mask, gas meter, gasogene, gasohol, gas oil, gasolene Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gas mask The enemy's gases, like the American ones, could go through any gas-mask if in sufficient concentration. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930\|Victor Rousseau With a gas-mask on a man is not more than fifty per cent efficient. Huts in Hell\|Daniel A. Poling After that I dumped earth only along the other two sides; working more slowly and donning my gas-mask as the smell grew. The Shunned House\|Howard Phillips Lovecraft His gas-mask had been blown to atoms with Observation-Post Fourteen. Morale\|Murray Leinster "And don't forget your helmet and gas-mask," he called, as I stepped from the car into a foot of oozy mire. Italy at War and the Allies in the West\|E. Alexander Powell British Dictionary definitions for gas mask gas mask noun a mask fitted with a chemical filter to enable the wearer to breathe air free of poisonous or corrosive gases: used for military or industrial purposesAlso called (in Britain): respirator Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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