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Lamp Oil Læmp Street Noun Desk/Bedside Paraffin Device

Word3 lamp
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /læmp/ /læmp/
Example
  • a desk/bedside lamp
  • a street lamp
  • an oil lamp
  • a paraffin lamp
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lamp

(noun)/læmp/ /læmp/
  1. a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light
    • SEE ALSO arc lamp
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/arc-lamp
    • a desk/bedside lamp
    • a street lamp
    • an oil lamp
    • a paraffin lamp
    • a kerosene lamp
    • a fluorescent/halogen lamp
    • to switch on/turn off a lamp

    Extra Examples

    • An oil lamp burned in the darkness.
    • The study was lit only by a small lamp.
    • He got into bed and switched off the bedside lamp.
    • She could see the rain in the light of the street lamps.
    • There were oil lamps hanging over the veranda.
  2. an electrical device that produces rays of heat and that is used for medical or scientific purposes
    • SEE ALSO blowlamp
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blowlamp
    • an infrared/ultraviolet lamp
    • The specimen was viewed under an ultraviolet lamp.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: via Old French from late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, lampad- ‘torch’, from Greek.
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