Definition for Lampshade:

• a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view

Synonyms for Lampshade:

• n.

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  • dimmer,
  • reflector,
  • mantle.

• Other synonyms:

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  • filament,
  • light fixture,
  • sconce.
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  • socket.

Lampshade Sentence Examples:

• I had not seen him yet, for I was so busy - so very, very busy - that I did not look up when he slammed his books on the desk with a resounding whack which caused the ink bottle to tremble and the lampshade to clatter as though chattering its teeth with fear, while the pens and pencils, tumbling from the holder, scurried away to hide themselves under the desk.

• In her anxiety Eleanore looked first at one object in the room and then at another; first at the bathing nymph, then at the silk curtains, then at the Chinese lampshade.

Homophones for Lampshade:

• lambaste, lambast, lymphocyte, lamp shade, line of sight, lamppost.