OIL LAMP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("oil lamp" is a kind of...):

lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)

Meronyms (parts of "oil 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 "oil lamp"):

Davy lamp; safety lamp (an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane))