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lamp-wick

lamp-wick is the alternative form of lampwick.

Meaning of lampwick

Noun

lampwick (countable and uncountable, plural lampwicks)

  1. (countable) A wick of a lamp, usually an oil lamp.
  2. (uncountable) Material for making wicks for lamps.
  3. A plant of species Phlomis lychnitis.

Forms of lamp-wick

plurallamp-wicks

Questions about lamp-wick

What is lamp-wick the alternative form of?
Lamp-wick is the alternative form of lampwick.

Words near lamp-wick in the dictionary

  1. lamp-oils
  2. lamp-post
  3. lamp-posts
  4. lamp-shade
  5. lamp-shades
  6. lamp-wick
  7. lamp-wicks
  8. Lampacao
  9. Lampacau
  10. lampad
  11. lampadaries

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