Definition for Lamp:

• lamp, n. a vessel for burning oil with a wick, and so giving light: a light of any kind.-- v.i. ( Spens.) to shine.-- ns. LAMP'AD ( rare), a lamp or candlestick, a torch; LAMP'ADARY, in the Greek Church, one who looks after the lamps and carries a lighted taper before the patriarch; LAMPADED'ROMY, an ancient Greek torch-race in honour of Prometheus, & c.; LAMP'ADIST, one who ran in a torch-race; LAMPAD'OMANCY, the art of divining by the flame of a lamp or torch; LAMP'BLACK, the black substance formed by the smoke of a lamp: the soot or amorphous carbon obtained by burning bodies rich in that element, such as resin, petroleum, and tar, or some of the cheap oily products obtained from it; LAMP'- BURN'ER, that part of a lamp in which the wick is held; LAMP'- CHIM'NEY, LAMP'- GLASS, a glass funnel placed round the flame of a lamp; LAMP'- FLY ( Browning), a firefly.-- adj. LAMP'IC, pertaining to, or derived from, a lamp or flame.-- ns. LAMP'ION, a kind of small lamp; LAMP'- LIGHT, the light shed by a lamp or lamps; LAMP'- LIGHT'ER, a person employed to light street-lamps: that by which a lamp is lighted, as a spill or torch; LAMP'- POST, the pillar supporting a street-lamp; LAMP'- SHELL, a terebratuloid or related brachiopod having a shell like an antique lamp.-- SMELL OF THE LAMP, to show signs of great elaboration or study. [ Fr. lampe-- Gr. lampas, - ados-- lampein, to shine.]

Synonyms for Lamp:

• n.

  •
  • drain,
  • catheter,
  • drip,
  • electrocardiogram,
  • defibrillator,
  • balloon,
  • ekg,
  • eeg,
  • electrocardiograph,
  • ecg.
  •
  • candlestick,
  • candelabra,
  • gaslight,
  • Chinese Lantern,
  • Japanese lantern.
  •artifact (noun)
  • lamp.
  •beacon (noun)
  • warning signals,
  • pharoses,
  • smoke signals,
  • signal fires.
  •burner (noun)
  • gas burners,
  • co-oker,
  • heating elements,
  • heat units,
  • co oker,
  • surface elements.
  •eye (noun)
  • peeper,
  • optics,
  • oculus,
  • PIES,
  • pie,
  • Oculi,
  • head light,
  • head lights,
  • peepers,
  • oculars,
  • eyeball,
  • headlight,
  • headlights,
  • eyeballs.
  •glance (noun)
  • look-sees,
  • look sees,
  • looksees,
  • looksee,
  • fleeting looks,
  • quick looks.
  •glimpse (noun)
  • gloms.
  •view (noun)
  • dis plays,
  • dis-plays,
  • re-views,
  • re views,
  • re view,
  • dis-play,
  • re-view,
  • dis play,
  • perlustrations.

• v.

  •gaze (verb)
  • getting a load of,
  • gotten load of,
  • gets a load of,
  • getting an eyeful,
  • get load of,
  • looking fixedly,
  • got eyeful,
  • gets an eyeful,
  • lamped,
  • gotten an eyeful,
  • sized up,
  • gets eyeful,
  • getting load of,
  • in-spect,
  • got load of,
  • in spects,
  • in-spects,
  • gat a load of,
  • in spect,
  • got a load of,
  • re-gard,
  • gotten a load of,
  • gat eyeful,
  • sizes up,
  • getting eyeful,
  • gat load of,
  • gets load of,
  • gat an eyeful,
  • re gards,
  • get eyeful,
  • gotten eyeful.
  •goggle (verb)
  • gazing open-mouthed,
  • riveting the eyes on,
  • gazes open-mouthed,
  • gazed openmouthed,
  • gazed open-mouthed,
  • gaze open mouthed,
  • riveted eyes on,
  • gazing open mouthed,
  • rivetted eyes on,
  • gaze openmouthed,
  • riveting eyes on,
  • gazed open mouthed,
  • rivetting eyes on,
  • gazes openmouthed,
  • rivets the eyes on,
  • gazes open mouthed,
  • rivetted the eyes on,
  • gazing openmouthed,
  • riveted the eyes on,
  • rivetting the eyes on,
  • rivet eyes on,
  • rivets eyes on.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hurricane lamp,
  • streetlamp,
  • strip light,
  • standard lamp,
  • nightlight,
  • luminary,
  • strip lighting,
  • strobe light.
  •
  • sodium.
  •
  • spot.
  •goggle
  • Rued,
  • ru,
  • gaze open-mouthed,
  • Rus,
  • rivet the eyes on.

Paraphrases for Lamp:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    bulbs, headlamp, headlamps.
  • Noun, plural
    headlamps.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    flashlight, headlamp, torch.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Lighthouses, fireworks, weapons, SRS, headlight, headlights.
  • Noun, plural
    flames, beacons, flares, wildfires, licences, bullets, surprises, Births, Babies, Guns, Shots, fireworks, headlights.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    flame, stop-lamp, bottle, fireplace, illuminating, bonfire, beacon, wildfire, beams, headlight.
  • Verb, past tense
    combusted, turned, Got.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    spotlights, bulb, lantern.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    lamppost, bulb, illumination, stove, ampoule, lantern, spotlight.
  • Verb, past tense
    fired.

Lamp Sentence Examples:

• And would he meet her on the corner under the street lamp that night when she came home from the office?

• " I will light the lamp, and turn it very low," said Malipieri.

Homophones for Lamp:

• limp, limbo, limb, lineup, limpa, limpopo, LAMPP, lampe, lumpy, lymph, lamb, lenify, line up, lump.

Hypernym for Lamp:

• n.

  • artifact
    kerosene lamp, lantern, limelight, neon induction lamp, streetlight, flashgun, photoflash, hurricane lantern, taper, flash bulb, discharge lamp, oil lamp, Aladdin's Lamp, flashbulb, taillight, flash lamp, tornado lantern, wax light, Kerosine Lamp, rear lamp, hurricane lamp, tail lamp, candle, fluorescent lamp, neon lamp, floor lamp, storm lantern, street lamp, calcium light, rear light, table lamp, Sodium-vapour Lamp, flash, electric lamp, spotlight, spirit lamp, spot, neon tube, gas lamp, storm lamp, sodium-vapor lamp, reading lamp.

Hyponym for Lamp:

• n.

  • artifact
    source of illumination, article of furniture, piece of furniture, furniture.

Meronym for Lamp:

• n.

  • artifact
    electric socket, lampshade, lamp shade, diffuser, diffusor, shade, base.