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.
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