gasification

noun

gas·​i·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌga-sə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: conversion into gas

especially : conversion of coal into natural gas

Examples of gasification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Waste-to-energy gasification systems, such as on new ships from Royal Caribbean and Silversea, repurpose solid waste (including food waste), into energy—both decreasing a ship’s energy demand and minimizing what goes to landfill. —Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 29 Oct. 2025

The Viking, a pilot biomass gasifier at the Technical University of Denmark, sets the global benchmark for thermal gasification. —Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

And finally, gasification, which heats materials in the presence of oxygen. —Joe Frank Bozeman Iii, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025

Residential heating difficulties stemming from dependence on coal forced China to backtrack on gasification efforts except in some particularly polluted urban locales. —Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gasification

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration