FIREDAMP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("firedamp" is a kind of...):

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

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