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lamp

Pronunciation: /ˈlæ̞mp/

The English word “lamp” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
  2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
  3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
  4. An eye.

verb

  1. To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
  2. To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
  3. To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
  4. To make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.

Etymology

From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).

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