oil lamp
oil lamp noun: a simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.
Noun
oil lamp (plural oil lamps)
- A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.
- Meronym: lampwick
- The West Clare Railway is, I suppose, one of the most primitive in the whole C.I.E. system, for its coaches date entirely from 1887 to 1890, and are still lit with oil lamps.1948 March and April, “Notes and News: Narrow-Gauge in Western Eire”, in Railway Magazine, page 129
oil lamp meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and Odia
oil lamp in Tamil
- மைவிளக்கு
oil lamp in Malayalam
- oil lamp
- ദീപം dīpaṁ
oil lamp in Punjabi
- oil lamp, diya
- دیوا dīvā
oil lamp in Odia
- an oil lamp
- ଦିପ dipa
More languagesFewer languages
- oil lamp in Arabic
- مِصْبَاح زَيْتِيّ miṣbāḥ zaytiyy
- oil lamp in Persian
- چراغ موشی čerâġ-e muši
Forms of oil lamp
| plural | oil lamps |
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Questions about oil lamp
- What does oil lamp mean?
- Oil lamp means a simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.
- What is oil lamp in Tamil?
- Oil lamp in Tamil is மைவிளக்கு. See Oil lamp meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oil lamp?
- Oil lamp is a noun.
- What is the plural of oil lamp?
- The plural of oil lamp is oil lamps.
Words near oil lamp in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oil lamp (page history and authors); oil lamp (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ദീപം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); دیوا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଦିପ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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