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spiritlamp

spiritlamp is the alternative form of spirit lamp.

Meaning of spirit lamp

Noun

spirit lamp (plural spirit lamps)

  1. A lamp that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol, ethanol or denatured alcohol.
    • By way of armoury and utensils, I took a revolver, a little spirit-lamp and pan, a lantern and some halfpenny candles, a jack-knife and a large leather flask.
    Synonyms:
    alcohol burner

Forms of spiritlamp

pluralspiritlamps

Questions about spiritlamp

What is spiritlamp the alternative form of?
Spiritlamp is the alternative form of spirit lamp.

Words near spiritlamp in the dictionary

  1. spiritizations
  2. spiritize
  3. spiritized
  4. spiritizes
  5. spiritizing
  6. spiritlamp
  7. spiritland
  8. spiritlands
  9. spiritless
  10. spiritlessly
  11. spiritlessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spiritlamp (page history and authors); spirit lamp (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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