safety lamp

noun

A miner's lamp designed to avoid explosion by enclosing the flame in fine wire gauze.

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Davy lamp
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Meanings

nounsafety lamp (plural safety lamps)

plural safety lamps

  1. A miner's lamp designed to avoid explosion by enclosing the flame in fine wire gauze.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)

Similar
Davy lamp
Broader
oil lampkerosene lampkerosine lamp
Also see
davy lamp

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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MLA

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Chicago

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