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petromax

petromax noun: a kind of pressurized paraffin lamp that uses a mantle.

Noun

petromax (plural petromaxes)

  1. A kind of pressurized paraffin lamp that uses a mantle.

Forms of petromax

pluralpetromaxes

Origin of petromax

From a brand name.

Questions about petromax

What does petromax mean?
Petromax means a kind of pressurized paraffin lamp that uses a mantle.
What part of speech is petromax?
Petromax is a noun.
What is the plural of petromax?
The plural of petromax is petromaxes.

Words near petromax in the dictionary

  1. petrology
  2. petrols
  3. Petrolândia
  4. petrolæum
  5. petromastoid
  6. petromax
  7. petromaxes
  8. petromict
  9. petromictic
  10. petromodernity
  11. petromoney

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