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    KEROSENE LAMP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for lightplay

    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))

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