sewer gas

/ˌsoʊər gæs/
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Other forms: sewer gases

Definitions of sewer gas
  1. noun
    foul-smelling gas that forms in sewers
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    type of:
    gas
    a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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