davy lamp

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssafety lamp

   Broaderoil lamp

Questions about davy lamp

What does davy lamp mean?

davy lamp means "an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)".

What is another word for davy lamp?

Close synonyms include safety lamp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is davy lamp a common word?

davy lamp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.