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KEROSENE LAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kerosene lamp mean? 

KEROSENE LAMP (noun)
  The noun KEROSENE LAMP has 1 sense:

1. a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for lightplay

  Familiarity information: KEROSENE LAMP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KEROSENE LAMP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

kerosene lamp; kerosine lamp; oil lamp

Hypernyms ("kerosene lamp" is a kind of...):

lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)

Meronyms (parts of "kerosene lamp"):

chimney; lamp chimney (a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp)

taper; wick (a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kerosene lamp"):

Davy lamp; safety lamp (an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane))


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