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frost lamps

frost lamps is the plural of frost lamp.

Meaning of frost lamp

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.

Questions about frost lamps

What is frost lamps the plural of?
Frost lamps is the plural of frost lamp.

Words near frost lamps in the dictionary

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

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