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GAS LAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gas lamp mean?
• GAS LAMP (noun)
The noun GAS LAMP has 1 sense:
1. a lamp that burns illuminating gas
Familiarity information: GAS LAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lamp that burns illuminating gas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gas lamp" is a kind of...):
lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)
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