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lamp
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/ lĂŠmp /
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noun
verb (used with object)
Slang. to look at; eye.
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Idioms about lamp
smell of the lamp, to give evidence of laborious study or effort: His dissertation smells of the lamp.
Origin of lamp
1150â1200; Middle English lampe<Old French <Late Latin lampada, for Latin lampas (stem lampad-) <Greek lampĂĄs lamp; akin to lĂĄmpÄ torch, lamp, lĂĄmpein to shine
OTHER WORDS FROM lamp
lampless, adjectiveWords nearby lamp
Lammastide, lammergeier, Lamont, L'Amour, Lamoureux, lamp, lampad, lampadaire, Lampang, lampas, lampblack
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British Dictionary definitions for lamp
lamp
/ (lĂŠmp) /
noun
- any of a number of devices that produce illuminationan electric lamp; a gas lamp; an oil lamp
- (in combination)lampshade
a device for holding one or more electric light bulbsa table lamp
a vessel in which a liquid fuel is burned to supply illumination
any of a variety of devices that produce radiation, esp for therapeutic purposesan ultraviolet lamp
Word Origin for lamp
C13 lampe, via Old French from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein to shine
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