lampshade

[ lamp-sheyd ]

noun

a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.

Origin of lampshade

First recorded in 1840–50; lamp + shade

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Official weather-taking thermometers need to be shielded from the sun and wind, and have what looks like little lampshades on them so that they can measure the actual surface temperature without being influenced by other sources.
What the ‘hottest day on record’ really means | Sara Kiley Watson | July 20, 2021 | Popular-Science
They were everywhere—from a bedside lampshade, to the phone, even the bloody ceiling fan.
Gordon Ramsay: 7 Hotel Horrors! | Gordon Ramsay | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The lampshade is an awfully good book and it's exceptionally heartfelt.
Great New Reads | The Daily Beast | October 9, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
But he's working like mad to do right by the lampshade, or, at least, to discover its untold story.
Great New Reads | The Daily Beast | October 9, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
The silk lampshade conflagration had just begun to smoulder in the American household.
Gigolo | Edna Ferber

If Madame Dammauville had not released the lampshade, she would have seen Saniel turned pale and his lips quiver.
Conscience, Complete | Hector Malot
A green glass lampshade cost fifteen francs, and you were lucky to get it.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport Gibbons
Sample mounting, novelty work, jewelry and silverware case making, lampshade and candleshade making.
The Making of a Trade School | Mary Schenck Woolman
Reuben, dear, could you possibly imagine anything else so perfectly horrid as a yellow lampshade in a blue room?
The House | Eugene Field

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