Lamp Læmp Street Oil Noun Bre Table/Desk/Bicycle Switch

• a table/desk/bicycle, etc. lamp
• to switch on/turn off a lamp
• a street lamp
• an infra-red/ultraviolet lamp

lamp

1. a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light
• see also fog lamp
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fog-lamp
• a table/desk/bicycle, etc. lamp
• to switch on/turn off a lamp
• a street lamp
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 infra-red/ultraviolet 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.
• The specimen was viewed under an ultraviolet lamp.
• There were oil lamps hanging over the veranda.

Word Origin

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