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Meaning of oil-lit | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

Illuminated by burning oil.

not-comparable

Examples

“... Col. McMullen reveals that London Transport has developed a portable battery-operated flashing tail lamp which is to undergo trials on the Northern City Line; it will, it is hoped, replace the remaining oil-lit tail lamps on L.T. trains.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

oil-rich oilable oilclothed oiled oiled up oilier