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safety lamp Definition

safety lamp

noun

a miner's lamp designed to avoid explosion, fire, etc.

safety lamp Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • approve: For lighting only approved safety lamps should be used, and blasting operations should be performed with " Permitted " explosives only.

Noun used with modifier

  • flame: It appears that the flame safety lamps produced in the 1890s were not totally safe.
  • miner: Sir Humphry Davy Inventor of the eponymous miners safety lamp.