lamp
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation.
Pronunciation
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lampIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈlæmp
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
verb
ukireland
To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.
ukslang
To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
Used this way, lamp is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use lamp
- “Please turn on the lamp; it is getting dark in here.”
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