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lamp-oil

lamp-oil is the alternative form of lamp oil.

Meaning of lamp oil

Noun

lamp oil (countable and uncountable, plural lamp oils)

  1. Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp.
    • Near-synonym: (often synonymous) kerosene
    Synonyms:
    kerosene

Forms of lamp-oil

plurallamp-oils

Questions about lamp-oil

What is lamp-oil the alternative form of?
Lamp-oil is the alternative form of lamp oil.

Words near lamp-oil in the dictionary

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

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