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SPIRIT LAMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spirit lamp mean?
• SPIRIT LAMP (noun)
The noun SPIRIT LAMP has 1 sense:
1. a lamp that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol
Familiarity information: SPIRIT LAMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lamp that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spirit lamp" is a kind of...):
lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)
Context examples
I’ll light my spirit lamp, and give you a cup of coffee before we start.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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