HyperDic: lamp_oil

English > 1 sense of the expression lamp oil:
NOUNsubstancelamp oil, kerosene, kerosine, coal oila flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
English > lamp oil: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.
Synonymskerosene, kerosine, coal oil
Narrowerparaffin, paraffin oil(British usage) kerosine
BroaderfuelA substance that can be consumed to produce energy
hydrocarbonAn organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
Spanishkerosén, keroseno, petróleo, queroseno
Catalanquerosè

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