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lampwick

lampwick noun: a wick of a lamp, usually an oil lamp.

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 lampwick

plurallampwicks
alternative formlamp-wick

Origin of lampwick

From lamp + wick.

Questions about lampwick

What does lampwick mean?
Lampwick means a wick of a lamp, usually an oil lamp.
What part of speech is lampwick?
Lampwick is a noun.
What is the plural of lampwick?
The plural of lampwick is lampwicks.

Words near lampwick in the dictionary

  1. lampuka
  2. lampuki
  3. Lampung
  4. Lampung Nyo
  5. lampware
  6. lampwick
  7. lampwicks
  8. lampwork
  9. lampworked
  10. lampworker
  11. lampworkers

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