The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Although McBurney was OK with Agle’s tongue-in-cheek designs, including cat-, tiki- and Asian-themed bedrooms with velvet paintings and Googie-style lava lamps, he wasn’t initially sold on the home’s orange ceilings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Instead of heading right to bed, I crept downstairs to the aquarium, where rows of heads rested against tanks that glowed like lava lamps.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2016
In addition to the slime and sour-killing demonstrations, the students also showed children how to make lava lamps fizzle and clean pennies.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2015
“Ideally, you need to move yourself into a state where your mind is offline,” he said, adding that lava lamps, plasma globes and fish tanks provide similar services.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2015
There was a grand piano in reception for lunchtime recreation and lava lamps everywhere.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2013
