gas mask

UK/ɡæs mɑːsk/US, UK/ɡæs mæsk/

noun

A covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poison gas.

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Meanings

noungas mask (plural gas masks)

plural gas masks · alternative gasmask

  1. A covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poison gas.

    If we bang or scream they will spray us with some pepper or something else that's in an aeresol ^([sic]) can, and they wear gas masks, while the rest of us have to breathe the fumes in, and it makes us very sick and they refuse us medical treatment.

    1991 December 15, Saadia Everett, “Protest Beatings”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 22, page 4

Translations

Arabic قِنَاع غَاز
  • قِنَاع غَاز (qināʕ ḡāz)a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Chinese Mandarin 防毒面具
  • 防毒面具 (fángdú miànjù)a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Danish gasmaske
  • gasmaskea covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Dutch gasmasker
  • gasmaskera covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Esperanto gasmasko
  • gasmaskoa covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Estonian gaasimask, gaasitorbik
  • gaasimaska covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • gaasitorbika covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Finnish kaasunaamari
  • kaasunaamaria covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
French masque anti-gaz, masque à gaz
  • masque anti-gaza covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • masque à gaza covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
German Gasmaske, Atemschutzmaske
  • Gasmaskea covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • Atemschutzmaskea covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Greek αντιασφυξιογόνος μάσκα
  • αντιασφυξιογόνος μάσκα (antiasfyxiogónos máska)a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Hebrew מסכת גז
  • מסכת גז (masekhát gaz)a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Hungarian gázálarc
  • gázálarca covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Icelandic gasgríma
  • gasgrímaa covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Irish gásphúicín
  • gásphúicína covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Italian maschera antigas
  • maschera antigasa covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Japanese ガスマスク
  • ガスマスク (gasumasuku)a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Latvian gāzmaska
  • gāzmaskaa covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Lithuanian dujokaukė
  • dujokaukėa covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Malay topeng gas
  • topeng gasa covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Norwegian Bokmål gassmaske, vernemaske
  • gassmaskea covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • vernemaskea covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Polish maska przeciwgazowa, maska gazowa
  • maska przeciwgazowaa covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • maska gazowaa covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Portuguese máscara de gás
  • máscara de gása covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Romanian mască de gaze
  • mască de gazea covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Russian противога́з
  • противога́з (protivogáz)a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Spanish máscara antigás
  • máscara antigása covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Swedish gasmask
  • gasmaska covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Turkish gaz maskesi
  • gaz maskesia covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Ukrainian протига́з
  • протига́з (protyház)a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Vietnamese mặt nạ chống hơi độc, mặt nạ phòng độc
  • mặt nạ chống hơi độca covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • mặt nạ phòng độca covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
  • mặt nạ khía covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Yiddish גאַזמאַסקע
  • גאַזמאַסקע (gazmaske)a covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poisonous gas
Cite this entry
APA

gas mask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20mask

MLA

“gas mask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20mask. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gas mask,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20mask.

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