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lamp-iron

lamp-iron noun: a piece of iron projecting upwards on which a lamp can be hung.

Noun

lamp-iron (plural lamp-irons)

  1. A piece of iron projecting upwards on which a lamp can be hung.
    • One or two lines (the G.N.R. and the L.D. & E.C.R., for example) had two lamp-irons, one above the other, on the chimney, and the Midland and the North Staffordshire achieved the same effect by placing the secomd iron a short way down on the smokebox door.1945 March and April, J. T. Howard Turner, T. S. Lascelles, “Former Head-Code Complications—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 75

Forms of lamp-iron

plurallamp-irons

Questions about lamp-iron

What does lamp-iron mean?
Lamp-iron means a piece of iron projecting upwards on which a lamp can be hung.
What part of speech is lamp-iron?
Lamp-iron is a noun.
What is the plural of lamp-iron?
The plural of lamp-iron is lamp-irons.

Words near lamp-iron in the dictionary

  1. lamp shell
  2. lamp shells
  3. lamp-black
  4. lamp-bulb
  5. lamp-bulbs
  6. lamp-iron
  7. lamp-irons
  8. lamp-oil
  9. lamp-oils
  10. lamp-post
  11. lamp-posts

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