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noun
Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: kerosene
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: kerosene, kerosine, coal oil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fuel, hydrocarbon
Narrower terms: paraffin, paraffin oil
History
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”).
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