"lamp-oil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lamp-oils [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lamp oyl}} Middle English lamp oyl, {{m|enm|lampehoyle}} lampehoyle, {{m|enm|lamp oyle}} lamp oyle, {{m|enm|lampe oyl}} lampe oyl, {{m|enm|lampe oyle}} lampe oyle, {{com|en|lamp|oil}} lamp + oil, {{cog|fy|lampoalje|t=lamp-oil}} West Frisian lampoalje (“lamp-oil”), {{cog|nl|lampolie|t=lamp-oil}} Dutch lampolie (“lamp-oil”), {{cog|de|Lampenöl|t=lamp-oil}} German Lampenöl (“lamp-oil”), {{cog|da|lampeolie|t=lamp-oil}} Danish lampeolie (“lamp-oil”), {{cog|sv|lampolja|t=lamp-oil}} Swedish lampolja (“lamp-oil”), {{cog|is|lampaolía|t=lamp-oil}} Icelandic lampaolía (“lamp-oil”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lamp-oil (countable and uncountable, plural lamp-oils)
  1. Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: lampoil, lamp oil
    Sense id: en-lamp-oil-en-noun-wIhBrUw3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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