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Meanings of pressure lamp in English

Russian
керосиновый фонарь
Portuguese
lampada de querosene
Spanish
lámpara de parafina
Catalan
llum de querosè
Wikidata

Type of lighting device.

керосиновый фонарь
Synonyms
Examples for "kerosene lamp"
Examples for "kerosene lamp"
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The men knocked over a kerosene lamp, setting fire to the building.
Reuters
2
Whoever was inside had extinguished his kerosene lamp, or maybe wasn't home.
Magic terror: seven tales
3
I found my way to the kerosene lamp and lit the wick.
The blue edge of midnight
4
Peter, who had recovered from his momentary fear, lighted the kerosene lamp.
The Purple Heights
5
He had also brought a kerosene lamp, which, however, lacked a glass.
A Tramp's Sketches
1
There was no electricity, just a paraffin lamp in the living room.
BBC
2
She had a penny paraffin lamp which filled the room with smoke.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
3
The room was a small one, brilliantly lighted by a paraffin lamp.
The Sowers
4
He had settled into his bunk and snuffed out the paraffin lamp.
Depths
5
Self-consciously Balfour stood behind her, blinking in the light of the paraffin lamp.
Another part of the wood
1
The acetylene lamp for camp illumination is an advance over the kerosene lantern.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
2
Teacher Florence stood at the end of the hall, holding a kerosene lantern.
Eve
3
A kerosene lantern sat on a rickety table; beside it was a sack of groceries.
Harvest Home
4
After a few minutes, someone came out of the house with a lighted kerosene lantern.
The Life of Me: An Autobiography
5
We were up in the loft and it was dark, so I lit the kerosene lantern.
Wife for hire
1
A match flares and lights up the wick of a hurricane lamp.
The Wall
2
The vapors given off by the hurricane lamp were stinging them.
The clouds beneath the sun
3
Natalie, seated within the glow of her hurricane lamp, turned towards the sound.
The clouds beneath the sun
4
The yellow glow from the hurricane lamp made the shadows deep.
The clouds beneath the sun
5
She led the way, carrying the hurricane lamp with her.
The clouds beneath the sun
1
Inside, the eight cubicles held each a woman, a bed, and a hurricane lantern.
The Happy Foreigner
2
By careful inquiry in the outer Hut he finds an ice-axe, crowbar and hurricane lantern.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
3
He barely managed to grab the hurricane lantern an instant before it toppled onto its side.
The devil she knows
4
Immediately above them, where the boats were beached, a man was coming down the slope, carrying a hurricane lantern.
Dope
5
From a spot visible down-stream but invisible to the men in the boat, he signalled constantly with a hurricane lantern.
Dope
Usage of pressure lamp in English
1
The pressure lamp itself gradually dimmed; and then could not be pumped higher.
Magic seeds
2
The apparatus is of the first catadioptric order, lighted by a first-class pressure lamp.
A Yacht Voyage Round England