lamp oil
Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lampAny clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp.
» A man without patience is like a lamp without oil.
Ein Mann ohne Geduld ist wie eine Lampe ohne Öl. — freddy1
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp.
Near-synonym: (often synonymous) kerosene
a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Examples
3 sentencesA man without patience is like a lamp without oil.
deEin Mann ohne Geduld ist wie eine Lampe ohne Öl. — freddy1
The lamp oil is exhausted.
Lamp oil? Rope? Bombs? You want it? It's yours, my friend, as long as you have enough rupees.
ruЛамповое масло? Верёвки? Бомбы? Тебе всё это нужно? Оно твоё, мой друг — если у тебя достаточно рупий. — Ooneykcall
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English lamp oyl, lampehoyle, lamp oyle, lampe oyl, lampe oyle, equivalent toFrom 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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Forms
plural: lamp oilsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.