Meaning & use
gas pack
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Meaning
nouncountabletechnical
A single rooftop heating and cooling unit in which a gas furnace and an electric air conditioner are combined.
Grammar: Countable: a gas pack, several gas packs.
Patterns
- install a gas pack
- a gas pack unit
- replace a gas pack
The contractor recommended a gas pack because there was no basement for a furnace.
Our building has four gas packs on the roof, one for each wing.
A gas pack heats with natural gas and cools with electricity.
Word forms
| plural | gas packs |
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Common combinations
- rooftop gas pack
- The rooftop gas pack serves the whole second floor.
- install a gas pack
- They plan to install a gas pack during the renovation.
- gas pack unit
- The gas pack unit needs servicing every spring.
Synonyms and how they differ
- packaged unit
- A broader trade term for any combined heating and cooling unit, whether it uses gas or not.
Commonly confused: gas pack or gas pack?
gas pack vs gas pack
Not to be confused with 'gas pact', which would mean an agreement about gas.
Practice
What is a gas pack?
Choose one answer.
In heating and cooling, a gas pack combines a gas furnace and an electric air conditioner in one packaged unit. The other options describe unrelated things that the words 'gas' and 'pack' might suggest.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “gas pack”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.