- a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light
- a desk/bedside lamp
- a street lamp
- an oil lamp
- (British English) a paraffin lamp
- (especially North American English) a kerosene lamp
- a fluorescent/halogen lamp
- to switch on/turn off a lamp
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa2- 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.
- There were oil lamps hanging over the veranda.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bedside
- desk
- floor
- …
- light
- switch on
- turn on
- …
- illuminate something
- light something
- burn
- …
- shade
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- an electrical device that produces rays of heat and that is used for medical or scientific purposes
- an infrared/ultraviolet lamp
- The specimen was viewed under an ultraviolet lamp.
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, lampad- ‘torch’, from Greek.
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