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KEROSINE LAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kerosine lamp mean?
• KEROSINE LAMP (noun)
The noun KEROSINE LAMP has 1 sense:
1. a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light
Familiarity information: KEROSINE LAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("kerosine lamp" is a kind of...):
lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)
Meronyms (parts of "kerosine 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 "kerosine lamp"):
Davy lamp; safety lamp (an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane))
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