Lamp oil
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonym: (often synonymous) kerosene"
- 2 a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters wordnet
Example
More examples"Near-synonym: (often synonymous) kerosene"
Etymology
From Middle English lamp oyl, lampehoyle, lamp oyle, lampe oyl, lampe oyle, equivalent to lamp + oil. Compare West Frisian lampoalje (“lamp-oil”), Dutch lampolie (“lamp-oil”), German Lampenöl (“lamp-oil”), Danish lampeolie (“lamp-oil”), Swedish lampolja (“lamp-oil”), Icelandic lampaolía (“lamp-oil”).