gas log


noun

a gas burner in a fireplace, made to resemble a log.

Origin of gas log

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example sentences from the Web for gas log

  • Isaac Dorn was sitting in a chair beside the gas-log fire in his son's apartment.

    Erik Dorn |Ben Hecht
  • The gas-log was not turned on, it would have been too hot, and anyhow—a gas-log!

    The Jonathan Papers |Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris
  • Why, Lil Pendleton wears a lace shawl over her shoulders in the house, and hangs over the gas-log like an old woman.