Lamp

Word LAMP
Character 4
Hyphenation lamp
Pronunciations /læmp/

Definitions and meanings of "Lamp"

What do we mean by lamp?

Any of various devices that generate light and often heat, especially. noun

An electric device having a socket for a light bulb, especially a free-standing piece of furniture. noun

A device that gives off ultraviolet, infrared, or other radiation, used for therapeutic purposes. noun

A light bulb. noun

A vessel containing oil or alcohol burned through a wick. noun

A lantern or fixture that gives off light by burning gas, usually by means of a mantle. noun

A celestial body that gives off or reflects light. noun

To furnish light to; light.

To shine.

A vessel, generally portable, for containing an inflammable liquid and a wick so arranged that it lifts the liquid by capillary attraction and when ignited at the end serves as a means of illumination; in recent use also, by extension, a device employed for the same purpose in which the source of illumination is ignited gas or electricity. noun

Figuratively, something suggesting the light of a lamp, whether in appearance or use; anything possessing or communicating light, real or metaphorical. noun

Plural Same as gig-lamps. See gig-lamp, 3. noun

(See also carcel-lamp, glow-lamp, jack-lamp, safety-lamp.) noun

In telephony, an auxiliary signaling-lamp placed in front of the switchboard and serving to indicate to the chief operator delay in responding to any one of a group of call-signals. noun

A lamp having a spiral of platinum placed above the wick. The vapor from the alcohol (ethyl or methyl) drawn up by the wick unites with the air through the agency of the platinum, which is thus made to glow. noun

To go or run quickly; scamper.

A thin plate. noun

A thin plate or lamina. noun

A light-producing vessel, device, instrument or apparatus noun

Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp. noun

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.

A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lamp

The word "lamp" in example sentences

Designed by British designer Ross Lovegrove for Yamagiwa, the Andromeda lamp is an artificial structure for capturing artificial light. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For those interested this lamp is available now in two different styles (wall-mount or tabletop) for 19,950 yen (about $227) for white and 23,100 yen (about $262) for red from here. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The depiction of a flame in a lamp is also reminiscent of plasma. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And Bee thinks that the lamp is a vacuum cleaner, and gets to it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This information aesthetics post has “a light that ‘blushes’ in response to the emotional pitch of a mobile phone. the lamp is activated by the Electromagnetic field (EMF) emitted from a mobile phone & continues blushing for 5 minutes after the call has ended, hereby prolonging the memory of the otherwise transient conversation”. ambient blushing light ❋ Unknown (2006)

In one hand he carried his artificial sun, which he calls lamp, in the other hand ❋ Waldemar Bonsels (1919)

Underneath the lamp is a great saucer to catch the oil which drips from it. ❋ Unknown (1914)

A lamp is a successor, for, when a lamp is almost out, another may be lighted by it; it is a succession, for by this means David shall not want a man to stand before God. ❋ Unknown (1721)

For those of you who wanted this lamp so bad the designer Lasse Klein announced that the lamp is finally almost ready for production. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of fifteen finalists in our Spring Greening Contest, the Origen lamp is formed from several 30-pack egg crates interlocked around a light bulb that gives off a soft, warm glow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This lamp comes from the design graduate Delphine Frey and was her diploma for the University of Art and Design Lausanne in Switzerland. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This lamp is made of a flexible plastic cone covered with the knitting and extended by the wiring of a length of 4.5 m also hand knitted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Buying a table lamp is both a matter of style and substance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The immediate significance of the solar lamp is that it provides light at night much less expensively, far more safely, and with significantly less carbon emissions than the main alternative in the developing world, the kerosene lantern. ❋ Jeremy Leggett (2010)

Beyond light at night, a solar lamp is a talisman for local energy production at larger scale. ❋ Jeremy Leggett (2010)

The present, be it a set of dishes or mugs, a blender, clothing, linens or even a lamp, is taped or glued to a piece of decorated particle board, then shrink wrapped with cellophane. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course, the street lamp is what you see from the curb. ❋ Anne Miller (2010)

Do not put decorative lamps and candles that contain lamp oil where children can reach them because lamp oil can be very dangerous if it is aspirated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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