lamp
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.: Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
a container for an inflammable liquid, as oil, which is burned at a wick as a means of illumination.
a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of learning.
any of various devices furnishing heat, ultraviolet, or other radiation: an infrared lamp.
a celestial body that gives off light, as the moon or a star.
a torch.
lamps, Slang. the eyes.
Slang. to look at; eye.
Idioms about lamp
smell of the lamp, to give evidence of laborious study or effort: His dissertation smells of the lamp.
Origin of lamp
1Other words from lamp
- lampless, adjective
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How to use lamp in a sentence
As with any item related to your sleep, you’ll want to make the right investment—and that includes a bedside lamp.
Bedside table lamps to brighten your sleep space | PopSci Commerce Team | September 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThough the output of a single device is tiny, a group of them could charge a phone or light a lamp, Yao says.
Will bacterial ‘wires’ one day power your phone? | Alison Pearce Stevens | September 2, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe Dundee lab is planning to repeat the study with many more subjects and a well-filtered lamp as soon as they secure funding for it, says Nardell.
At this temperature, the surface glows brightly in infrared, like the lamp on night-vision goggles.
These Images Expose the Dark Side of the Solar System - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Corey S. Powell | August 26, 2020 | NautilusOne model did double-duty as a lamp, another as a bookshelf.
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Another Dem who has been just a heart-beat (or a lamp bash) away from being president.
“When Tibor died we did a retrospective of MCo., and the lamp was the last thing you saw,” she says.
That he ends up not lighting a lamp but tangled in the cobwebs is one of the truths of this valuable book.
Struggling with the only battery-operated lamp, McDaniel glanced at Boyah.
Maybe the cleric can rub his own magic lamp, and ask it to explain the concept known as brain drain.
He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenEvery light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinNow he blew out the lamp and stood over me in the half-light, holding out a hand.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydMartini appeared from his little anti-room, with a lamp in his hand, as the prison clock struck ten.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterShe sat in a distant corner of the formal room discreetly lit by a shaded lamp.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for lamp
/ (læmp) /
any of a number of devices that produce illumination: an electric lamp; a gas lamp; an oil lamp
(in combination): lampshade
a device for holding one or more electric light bulbs: a 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 purposes: an ultraviolet lamp
Origin of lamp
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