| Learning / English Dictionary |
KEROSENE LAMP
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light
Synonyms:
kerosene lamp; kerosine lamp; oil lamp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("kerosene lamp" is a kind of...):
lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)
Meronyms (parts of "kerosene lamp"):
chimney; lamp chimney (a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp)
taper; wick (a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kerosene lamp"):
Davy lamp; safety lamp (an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane))
