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frost lamp

frost lamp noun: a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; used especially in lighthouses.

Noun

frost lamp (plural frost lamps)

  1. (historical) A lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; used especially in lighthouses.

Forms of frost lamp

pluralfrost lamps

Questions about frost lamp

What does frost lamp mean?
Frost lamp means a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; used especially in lighthouses.
What part of speech is frost lamp?
Frost lamp is a noun.
What is the plural of frost lamp?
The plural of frost lamp is frost lamps.

Words near frost lamp in the dictionary

  1. frost heaves
  2. frost heaving
  3. frost heavings
  4. frost hollow
  5. frost hollows
  6. frost lamp
  7. frost lamps
  8. frost line
  9. frost lines
  10. frost moon
  11. frost moons

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