lamp oil

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lamp oil

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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”).

noun lamp oils · lamp-oil · lampoil

countable, uncountable Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp. Near-synonym: (often synonymous) kerosene
Similar: kerosene

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@misc{lamp_oil_2026,
  title = {lamp oil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lamp%20oil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}