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Synonyms for lamp

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lamp
Phonetic Transcription : læmp

Définition of lamp

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old French lampe "lamp, lights" (12c.), from Latin lampas "a light, torch, flambeau," from Greek lampas "torch, lamp, beacon, meteor, light," from lampein "to shine," from nasalized form of PIE root *lap- "to shine" (cf. Lithuanian lope "light," Old Irish lassar "flame"). Replaced Old English leohtfæt "light vessel." To smell of the lamp "be a product of laborious night study" is from 1570s.
  • noun lantern
Example sentences :
  • Phidias has returned; and he likes to have no lamp burn later than his own.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He lighted the lamp, turned down the wick, and replaced the chimney.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Yet he glances behind him and shivers, while the lamp burns pale.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Then, mechanically, his hand went to the lamp on the table back of the couch.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • She was reading by the lamp, and the door into the hall stood open.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Far away was the night nurse's desk, with its lamp, its annunciator, its pile of records.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Seizing the lamp from the hearth, she hastened to the window that overlooked the street-door.
  • Extract from : « The Wives of The Dead » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I will take the lamp to the room at the side, where the window opens to the floor.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • He brought in with him a gust of wind that caused the lamp to smoke.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • The lamp, my boy, is meat and drink to me, and companionship and a joy unspeakable.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

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