Lampshade

Word LAMPSHADE
Character 9
Hyphenation lampshade
Pronunciations /ˈlæmp.ʃeɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Lampshade"

What do we mean by lampshade?

A protective or ornamental covering used to screen a light bulb. noun

A shade or screen placed above or around the flame of a lamp, to intercept, modify, or reflect the light. noun

A protective ornamental covering used to screen the light bulb in a lamp from direct view. noun

A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions so it doesn't cause glare by shining directly in one's eyes. noun

To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself. verb

A protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view noun

A protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view noun

A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.

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The word "lampshade" in example sentences

Some answers were obtained, most shockingly that the according to extensive testing at one of the country 's top DNA laboratory, the lampshade is "real", or in the words of the lab report "of human origin." ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

I can, however, say with reasonable certainty what the lampshade is to me. ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

The man with the lampshade is completely ficticious, right? on 03 Jul 2009 at 12: 48 am Jo Ann ❋ Unknown (2009)

One thing I was told, by a number of Holocaust authorities, was that the idea of the human skin lampshade, a specter that had inspired much inchoate fear in my nine-year old mind as I grew up in Queens during the 1950's, was not thought to have ever existed. ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

The Polish word for lampshade is abażur, no doubt borrowed from the French. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's as if Target has employed some sort of Schrödinger's Inventory software, where if the system doesn't "see" the SKU, the lampshade is neither alive nor dead. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In fact, they didn't have any record of the lampshade he was holding in his handsit wasn't in their computer, and therefore it didn't exist, even after his wife went and brought an identical lampshade from the store shelves to the customer service counter. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Holocaust Museum has tested the lampshade and found that it’s a run-of-the-mill paper lampshade, as has been the case with every allegedly-human-skin lampshade ever found. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Lampshade owner Donald Avery maintains the the lampshade is made of human skin, saying of the findings that, simply, “they’re wrong.” ❋ Unknown (2004)

The gold star is not quite as bright in person, and the glitter which surrounds the image and covers the lampshade is actually a little brighter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You say the lampshade is a story, and I would agree, but what kind of story do you want to tell? ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

This did not mean that the lampshade was an insignificant item, Stein said. ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

If the lampshade was a story, I was only writing one part of it. ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

Yehudit Shendar said that while the lampshade was an interesting object, for Yad Vashem the most important thing was to follow good museum policy, which was based on solid research. ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

Rather than “a terrible ornament” harkening back to a savage past, the lampshade is a glimpse of a far more brutal time to come. ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

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