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lamp

[ lamp ]
/ 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

1150–1200; Middle English lampe<Old French <Late Latin lampada, for Latin lampas (stem lampad-) <Greek lampás lamp; akin to lámpē torch, lamp, lámpein to shine

OTHER WORDS FROM lamp

lampless, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for lamp

lamp
/ (lĂŠmp) /

noun
  1. any of a number of devices that produce illuminationan electric lamp; a gas lamp; an oil lamp
  2. (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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