lamp
[noun]
Synonyms: eye, ocular, oculus, ogle, orb, peeper, winker

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English Thesaurus: light, lamp, lantern, torch, candle, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

lamp S3 /læmp/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: lampe, from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein 'to shine']

1. an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas
table/desk/bedside lamp
oil/electric/fluorescent lamp ⇒ fog lamp, headlamp, hurricane lamp, safety lamp, standard lamp

2. a piece of electrical equipment used to provide a special kind of heat, especially as a medical treatment
infrared/ultraviolet lamp
⇒ sunlamp, blowlamp

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

lamp
noun
ADJ. bedside, desk, reading, standard, table | gas, oil, paraffin
VERB + LAMP light, switch on, turn on | switch off, turn off
LAMP + VERB burn, glow, shine An oil lamp burned in the darkness.
flicker, go out

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

lamp

switch/turn on a lamp
Dorothy switched on the desk lamp.
switch/turn off a lamp
He switched off the lamp beside the bed.
light a lamp
Elizabeth lit the lamps and started rebuilding the fire.
a lamp burns
A silver lamp burned on the altar.
a table/desk/bedside lamp
He read by the light of the bedside lamp.
an oil/kerosene/paraffin lamp (=lamps that you light with a flame)
The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.
a street lamp
Harry stopped under a street lamp.
a hurricane lamp (=a lamp with a strong glass cover, which protects the light from the wind)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

light something that produces light, especially electric light, to help you to see:
She switched the kitchen light on.
The lights in the house were all off.
lamp an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas - often used in names of lights:
a bedside lamp
a street lamp
a desk lamp
a table lamp
an old oil lamp
a paraffin lamp
lantern a lamp that you can carry, consisting of a metal container with glass sides that surrounds a flame or light:
The miners used lanterns which were lit by candles.
torch British English, flashlight American English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand:
We shone our torches around the cavern.
candle a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light:
The restaurant was lit by candles.
bulb the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from:
a 100 watt bulb
an energy-saving light bulb
headlight (also headlamp) one of the two large lights at the front of a vehicle:
It was getting dark so she switched the headlights on.
sidelight British English, parking light American English one of the two small lights next to the main lights, at the front and back of a car
tail light one of the two red lights at the back of a vehicle
indicator British English, turn signal American English one of the lights on a car that flash to show which way the car is turning

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