gas mask

noun

: a mask connected to a chemical air filter and used to protect the face and lungs from toxic gases

broadly : respirator sense 1

Examples of gas mask in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All that changed when a video was leaked less than an hour before the start of the draft of Tunsil with a homemade bong-gas mask hybrid that would make Jeff Spicoli proud. —Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026

That's a major change from existing exports such as flak jackets, gas masks and civilian-use vehicles that Japan has sent to Ukraine and intelligence radars sold to the Philippines. —ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026

Wearing nothing but gas masks, Hal and Lois sneak inside the noxious home to do the deed in privacy from their kids. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026

But in the end, the gang manages to trick Soldier Boy into going for an empty tube while Frenchie dons a gas mask and pours out the virus. —Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gas mask

• subtask
• unmask
• ask
• bask
• basque
• cask
• casque
• flask
• masque
• pasch
• task

Kids Definition

gas mask

noun

: a mask connected to a chemical air filter and used to protect the face and lungs against harmful gases

Medical Definition

gas mask

noun

: a mask connected to a chemical air filter and used to protect the face and lungs from toxic gases

broadly : respirator sense 1