English Explanatory Dictionary

lamp oil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp.

Word forms

lamp oil lamp oils lamp-oil lampoil

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”).

Synonyms

kerosene

Related words

lamplight lamplighter lampwick light oil
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